New research: heredity plays a role in one third of children with kidney cancer | Health

Vera and mother Anneke bake cookies, the proceeds of which go to Kika. “It’s great that we are aware of Vera’s genetic predisposition.”

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A third of children with a Wilms tumor, a form of kidney cancer, have a hereditary predisposition, according to new research. That is higher than was assumed and means that the later children of these cancer patients sometimes have a higher chance of developing kidney cancer. “But also that we can reassure many parents,” says pediatric oncologist Marry van den Heuvel-Eibrink.