Detection of genes that cause kidney cancer in children

American doctors have discovered a gene that causes kidney cancer in children. This opens up the prospect of effective treatment of kidney cancer right from the beginning of chemotherapy or kidney removal.

A kidney has cancer due to tumor cells
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In the process of research and treatment, doctors of Massachusetts General Hospital, USA have discovered that about 30% of the total number of patients with kidney cancer, also known as glioblastoma (Wilms tumor) is due to the transformation of WTX gene in sex chromosome X.

Meanwhile, 90% of children with kidney cancer have kidney glioma. The disease usually occurs at the age of 5 and currently has around 10,000 children in the world.

WTX gene plays a very important role in the early stages of kidney development and forms secretory organs.

At the same time, doctors have shown that the X chromosome plays an important role in the development of non-WT1 cancer cells that doctors at the hospital had previously suspected.

Dr. Daniel Haber, Hospital Director, said: " The success of this study paved the way for effective treatments from the beginning to replace traditional chemotherapy or kidney removal - only 80% survived, in addition, 20% of these treated children often come back and die . "

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