Grant Details
Grant Number: |
3R01CA054498-18S1 Interpret this number |
Primary Investigator: |
Breslow, Norman |
Organization: |
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
Project Title: |
Late Effects of Treatment in Wilms Tumor Survivors and Offspring |
Fiscal Year: |
2009 |
Abstract
B This proposal is to study the long term health of 9,240 patients enrolled during 1969-2002 on National
Wilms Tumor Study (NWTS) clinical trials and to monitor their offspring for cancer and birth defects. With
current therapy, 90% of children with Wilms tumor (WT) will be cured. Survivors, however, are at risk for
delayed complications of their disease or treatment that may compromise their quality of life. Therapy for WT
has changed over time but still includes surgery, multi-agent chemotherapy and (for some) radiation therapy.
The disease typically occurs in early childhood; thus many years of follow-up are required to appreciate its
consequences for adult survivors. As the complex genetic and epigenetic events involved in the etiology and
pathogenesis of WT are unraveled, we may also discover the mechanisms underlying its long-term sequelae
and thus help to develop appropriate preventive strategies. Our specific goals are to determine the
incidence, spectrum and risk factors, including disease, treatment and host factors, for selected life-
threatening endpoints affecting WT survivors: a) congestive heart failure; b) respiratory failure; c) renal
failure; d) second malignant neoplasms; and e) diabetes. We will determine the incidence and causes of late
mortality in WT patients and, where possible, compare mortality and chronic disease rates with national
population rates. We will study birth rates in WT survivors, pregnancy outcomes and complications, and
congenital malformations in their offspring. Heritability and recurrence risks will be estimated through study .
of familial disease and follow-up of offspring. We will exploit the unique NWTS resource, including.::-;
systematically collected information on birth weights, congenital anomalies, nephrog.enic rests, histologic .
type, radiation doses, therapeutic drugs and clinical outcomes, to better characterize, subgroups of patients
that may differ with respect to the etiology and pathogenesis of their WT and their susceptibility to long term
complications. We will collaborate with molecular biologists by facilitating access to particularly informative
patients and by combining the laboratory, clinical, pathology and epidemiologic data for analysis. By
elucidating the late complications of WT and its treatment, and by identifying susceptible subgroups, this
study will enable future generations of childhood cancer patients and their physicians to select optimum
treatments based on knowledge of long term risks as well as short term benefits.
Publications
None. See parent grant details.