At the Solid Tumor Oncology Program, part of C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, we provide comprehensive, multidisciplinary care for children with Wilm's tumor and other renal masses or kidney tumors. Our dedicated team of specialists evaluates your child in a single visit, and will create a customized treatment plan and begin your individualized treatment plan immediately. We are one of the first in the nation to offer this type of collaborative care for children with cancer. We are also one of the nation’s largest multidisciplinary programs caring for children with solid tumors, and have the largest pediatric oncology research effort in the state.

Our Tumor Board meets weekly to discuss the care and treatment of children who are newly diagnosed with cancer, those currently on therapy, and families seeking a second opinion. Pediatric oncologists, surgeons, radiation oncologists, pathologists, radiologists and nuclear medicine physicians attend the Tumor Board, allowing for our collective expertise to provide thorough, comprehensive approach to the care of children with cancer.

For more information or to make an appointment, call 734-936-9814.

Not every child with Wilms tumor will have symptoms. Symptoms can include:

• Abdominal pain
• Abdominal swelling
• Palpable abdominal mass
• Fever
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Loss of appetite
• Constipation
• High blood pressure
• Blood in the urine

Diagnosing Wilms tumor begins with a thorough health history and performing a comprehensive physical examination. Some testing will be required and may include blood work, a urine test, an abdominal x-ray, an abdominal ultrasound, a CT scan and an MRI.

If Wilms tumor is the diagnosis, your doctor will stage the tumor, which determines if and how far the cancer has spread. Staging the tumor will help determine a treatment plan.

Every child’s treatment plan is individualized, based on the patient’s needs and the specific tumor, utilizing cutting-edge technology and the latest research. Treatment options include:

Our specialists are at the center of developing new therapies for cancer. In fact, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital is one of only a few pediatric centers in the country providing patients access to Phase 1 clinical trials. Phase 1 clinical trials give patients at U-M Health access to pivotal early-stage studies, connecting families to novel treatment therapies to patients before they are widely available.

At any time, you can ask your doctor or any of our health care professionals about clinical trial participation opportunities or you can view or sign up for studies that are currently recruiting participants at umhealthresearch.org.