Vascular Thrombus Involvement in Nephroblastoma

Nephroblastoma (Wilms tumor) is the most common kidney tumor in children. It is a malignant embryonic tumor with a good prognosis with more than 85% long-term survival with appropriate chemotherapy, surgery (which most often consists of a total nephrectomy) and radiotherapy for locally invasive forms. Some nephroblastomas (approximately 10%) present with vascular extension with vena cava thrombus, a situation which may worsen the prognosis due to the complexity of the surgery. While the oncological treatment of nephroblastoma is highly formalized, to date there is no specific guideline on the surgical management of this rare clinical presentation of nephroblastomas. The aim of the study is to provide recommendations for the surgical management of nephroblastomas with vena cava thrombus in a large multicenter series.