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Challenges and opportunities of a multi-institutional treatment guideline for Wilms tumor in low-middle-income countries – A report from the Asociación de Hemato-Oncología Pediátrica de Centro América (AHOPCA)
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  • Patricia Valverde,
  • Thelma Velasquez ,
  • R. Ortiz,
  • Soad Fuentes,
  • Armando Peña Hernandez,
  • José Fernando Gonzalez,
  • Tito Luis Gutierrez,
  • Luis Enrique Melendez,
  • Enrique Tome,
  • Magda Arreola,
  • Maria Grazia Valsecchi,
  • Valeria Colombo,
  • Sandra Luna-Fineman,
  • Jessica Blanco,
  • Metzger M,
  • Filippo Spreafico
Patricia Valverde
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala Centro de Estudios en Salud
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Thelma Velasquez
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala Centro de Estudios en Salud
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R. Ortiz
World Health Organization Noncommunicable Diseases Department
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Soad Fuentes
Universidad de El Salvador
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Armando Peña Hernandez
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras
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José Fernando Gonzalez
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala Centro de Estudios en Salud
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Tito Luis Gutierrez
Republica de Nicaragua Ministerio de Salud
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Luis Enrique Melendez
Universidad de El Salvador
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Enrique Tome
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras
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Magda Arreola
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala Centro de Estudios en Salud
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Maria Grazia Valsecchi
Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia
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Valeria Colombo
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
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Sandra Luna-Fineman
University of Colorado Health
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Jessica Blanco
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala Centro de Estudios en Salud
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Metzger M
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Department of Oncology
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Filippo Spreafico
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori

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Abstract

Since 2000, centers across Central America have shared treatment guidelines for Wilms tumor, using histology (anaplasia present or absent) and tumor stage to stratify patients into low, intermediate, and high-risk groups. Weekly virtual tumor board meetings involving local and international experts were held to ensure consistent treatment assignments. We analyzed data from 367 children with unilateral tumor treated per these guidelines. Five-year abandonment-sensitive event-free and overall survival estimates were: low-risk 82% ±3.8% and 86% ±3.6%, intermediate-risk 50% ±3.4% and 60% ±3.4%, and high-risk 36% ±7.6% and 45% ±7.9%. Survival outcomes were suboptimal, primarily due to advanced disease in fragile children at presentation and abandonment of treatment.