What type of cancer are kidney cancers? | Childhood Cancer | Children with Cancer UK
Cancers affecting the kidneys are also known as renal tumours. Wilms’ tumour is also a type of kidney cancer also known as nephroblastoma. It develops from nephroblasts, the immature cells from which the kidneys develop. These cells often don’t mature normally, instead they remain present in a child’s kidney after birth, then they start to grow out of control, forming a jumbled mass of small immature cells.
Wilms’ tumour usually only affects one kidney which is called unilateral, but in rare cases, can affect both kidneys, it is then called bilateral.
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