2026

Paola Quarello, Rana Dandis, Tanzina Chowdhury, Arnauld Verschuur, Jesper Brok, Gordan Vujanic, Christian Vokuhl, Paola Collini, Aurore Coulomb, Annalisa Serra, Davide Biasoni, Paula Flores, Leo Kager, Heidi Segers, Karolina Malić Tudor, Marta Maria Burman, Nuno Jorge dos Reis Farinha, Patrik Romerius, Jan Godzinski, Martine van Grotel, Gema Lucia Ramirez-Villar, Beatriz De Camargo, Rhoikos Furtwaengler, Reem Al-Saadi, Harm Van Tinteren, Norbert Graf, Filippo Spreafico, Marry van den Heuvel-Eibrink.
Characteristics and outcome of congenital mesoblastic nephroma: a report of 378 patients registered in the SIOP 93-01, SIOP WT 2001, UK-IMPORT, and AIEOP protocols.
PLOS ONE 2026, 7; doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0349345 ->Publication

Alissa Groenendijk, Annelies M.C. Mavinkurve-Groothuis, Harm van Tinteren, Ronald R. de Krijger, Reem Al-Saadi, Kathy Pritchard-Jones, Gema L. Ramírez-Villar, Gordan Vujanic, Patrick Melchior, Jan Godzinski, Jens-Peter Schenk k , Norbert Graf, Heidi Segers, Helene Sudour-Bonnange, Arnauld C. Verschuur, Jarno Drost, Daniela Perotti, Christa Koenig, Filippo Spreafico, Jesper Brok, Marry M. van den Heuvel-Eibrink .
Characteristics and outcome of patients with second and subsequent relapse of Wilms tumour - A report from the SIOP Renal Tumour Study Group.
EJC Paediatric Oncology journal 2026, 7; doi: 10.1016/j.ejcped.2026.100520 ->Publication

Agustina Olle, Patrick Kemmeren, Daniela Perotti, Harm van Tinteren H, Arnauld Verschuur, Filippo Spreafico, Jesper Brok, Rhoikos Furtwängler, Tanzina Chowdhury, Reem Al-Saadi, Gordan M Vujanic, Amy L Treece, Jarno Drost, Martine van Grotel, Elizabeth A Mullen, Nicholas Evageliou, Norbert Graf, Andrew L Hong, Manfred Gessler, James I Geller, Marry M. van den Heuvel Eibrink .
Systematic Review: Prognostic molecular biomarkers in Wilms tumors.
JCO Precision Oncology 10(5), e2501017 (2026); DOI: 10.1200/PO-25-01017 ->Publication

Welter N, Jens-Peter Schenk, Jenny Wegert, Manfred Gessler, Leo Kager, Stefan Wagenpfeil, Marina Müller, Jean-Michel Wolff, Joerg Fuchs, Steven W. Warmann, Clemens-Magnus Meier, Jochen Hubertus, Christian Rübe, Christian Vokuhl, Patrick Melchior, Lena Tschirner, Graf N, Furtwängler R .
The fate (the outcome) of clinically apparent single lesion and oligofocal nephroblastomatosis treated according to SIOP/GPOH protocols for Wilms tumor.
Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 2026; e70354. doi: 10.1002/1545-5017.70354 ->Publication

Arianna Tagarelli, Rana Dandis, Harm Tinteren, Roikos Furtwängler, Reem Al-Saadi, Tanzina Chowdhury, Gema Lucia Ramirez- Villar, Beatriz de Camargo, Jens-Peter Schenk, Roberto Augusto Plaza Teixeira, Martine van Grotel, Jesper Brok, Herve J. Brisse, Annalisa Serra, Norbert Graf, Arnauld Verschuur Marry van den Heuvel-Eibrink.
Characteristics and survival of patients with Wilms tumor and bone metastases: a SIOP-RTSG 93-01, SIOP 2001, and UK-IMPORT study.
Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 2026; 0:e70270; doi: 10.1002/1545-5017.70270 ->Publication

Tugnait S, Al-Saadi R, Lopez-Cortes A, Dzhuma K, Oostveen M, Brok J, Irtan S, Weeks M, Bate J, Baker S, Williams R, Powis M, Saunders D, Olsen O, Watson T, Shelmerdine S, Vaidya S, Howel L, Duncan C, Vujanic GM, Stiller C, Balchin GP, Chowdhury T, Pritchard-Jones K.
Adherence to protocol recommendations for children with Wilms Tumour in two consecutive studies in the United Kingdom and Ireland – Does variation matter?
Pediatr Blood Cancer 2026; 0;e70324; doi: 10.1002/1545-5017.70324 ->Publication

Leiter SM, Guobadia AO, Fleming B, Ajithkumar TV, Armitage JN, Burke GAA, Burns CM, Coleman N, Hatcher H, Horan G, Long AM, McDonald S, Mitchell TJ, Nicholson JC, Roberts T, Stewart GD, Tadross JA, Tarpey PS, Trayers C, Trotman J, Watkins JA, Warren AY, Vujanic GM, Armstrong R, Behjati S, Hook CE, Murray MJ.
Improving the diagnosis of renal tumours of young people through integrated molecular analysis.
J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2026 Apr 3;152(4):81. doi: 10.1007/s00432-026-06455-3 ->Publication

Furtwängler R, Dandis R, van Tinteren H, Welter N, Vokuhl C, Vujanic G, Coulomb-L'Hermine A, Godzinski J, Schenk JP, Brisse H, Gessler M, Kager L, Melchior P, Warmann SW, Verschuur A, de Camargo B, Ramirez-Villar G, Spreafico F, Brok J, Chowdhury T, van den Heuvel-Eibrink MM, Graf N.
Residual Absolute Volume of Blastema as a Predictor of Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Wilms Tumor: A Report From the SIOP WT 2001 Study.
J Clin Oncol. 2026 Mar 13:JCO2501755. doi: 10.1200/JCO-25-01755 ->Publication

Marvin Mergen, Norbert Graf, Nils Welter, Patrick Melchior, Christian Vokuhl , Andreas Schmidt, Sabine Kroiss-Benninger, Leo Kager, Jens-Peter Schenk, Rhoikos Furtwängler
Efficacy of Pre-Operative Chemotherapy in Patients with Nephroblastoma and Imaging Findings Suggestive of Pre-Operative Tumor Rupture.
Ped Blodd Cancer 2026; 73; e32111; https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.32111 ->Abstract

Vaidya SJ, Moroz V, Hale J, Pavasovic V, Hobson R, Sartori P, Saunders D, Powis M, Vujanic GM, Baker S, Pritchard-Jones K.
Results of the Childhood Cancer and Leukaemia Group’s United Kingdom Relapsed Wilms Tumour Trial.
Pediatr Blood Cancer; 2026; 73; e70191, doi.org/10.1002/1545-5017.70191 ->Publication

Clemens Meier, Rhoikos Furtwängler, Nils Welter, Marvin Mergen, Stefan Wagenpfeil, Dietrich von Schweinitz, Raimund Stein, Leo Kager, Jens-Peter Schenk, Christian Vokuhl, Sabine Kroiss-Benninger, Patrick Melchior, Steven W. Warmann, Jörg Fuchs, Norbert Graf.
Can lymph node involvement in unilateral Wilms Tumor be predicted by preoperatively known data in combination with intraoperative findings?
Annals of Surgery 1:283(1):162-170; 2026. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006393 ->Publication

Vujanic GM, Paulson VA, Galluzzo L, Collini P, Gonzalez Roibon N, Spreafico F, Mitrofanova A, Pryce J, McDermott M, O’Sullivan M, Orhan D, Sebire N, Tretiakova M.
Composite Wilms Tumor and Renal Cell Carcinoma: A comprehensive clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical,, and molecular study of 18 tumors highlighting an uncommon pediatric renal entity.
Am J Surg Pathol 2026; 50: 338-355. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000002501 ->Publication

Ssenyonga N, Lopez-Cortes A, Al-Saadi R, Tugnait S, Dzhuma K, Duncan C, Vujanic G, Chowdhury T, Sllemani C, Coleman MP, Pritchard-Jones K.
Survival for children diagnosed with Wilms Tumour (2012-2022) registered in the UK and Ireland Improving Population Outcomes for Renal Tumours of Childhood (IMPORT) Study.
Ped Blood Cancer 2026; 73; e70061, doi.org/10.1002/1545-5017.70061 ->Publication

 

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