What should the adult urologist know about pediatric urologic cancers?

Author(s)Jonathan Walker, MD, Amanda Buchanan, MD

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"Pediatric-type cancer diagnoses in adults are rare, and there are important differences in caring for children with genitourinary malignancies compared with adults," write the authors.

Fortunately for patients and families, pediatric urologic oncology is a relatively small component of both pediatric urology and pediatric oncology practice. Despite the rarity of these diagnoses, there is an important role that both the pediatric and adult urologist can play in the management of kidney,