Current Open Studies

View our slate of current studies investigating key questions in pediatric surgical oncology.

Clinical Outcomes in Pediatric Patients with Predisposition Syndromes with Renal Lesions

Consortium PIs: Erin Brown, MD, Tim Lautz, MD

Study Aim:

To describe the incidence of renal lesions and current surveillance practices for children with predisposition syndromes.
To describe the presentation, diagnostic workup, treatment approach, and outcomes for children with renal lesions and predisposition syndromes.
To develop guidelines for diagnostic approach and management of suspicious renal lesions in children with predisposition syndromes.

Relapsed Wilms Tumor in the Context of Contemporary COG Trials: Patterns, Management, and Outcomes

Consortium PIs: Jennifer Aldrink, MD, Richard Glick, MD, Peter Ehrlich, MD

Study Aim:

Describe patterns of relapse in children with unilateral Wilms tumor in the context of modern COG studies

Developing Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Pediatric Cancer Surgery: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study

Consortium PI: Roshni Dasgupta, MD

Study Aims:

Adapt existing PROMs and identify new items for pediatric cancer surgery measures.
Test feasibility of adapted surgery-specific PROMs in a clinical setting.

Long-Term Outcomes and Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Genitourinary Rhabdomyosarcoma

Consortium PIs: Rodrigo Romao, MD, Nicholas Cost, MD, Amanda Buchanan, MD

Study Aims:

Describe long-term bowel and bladder and overall health-related quality of life in survivors of GU RMS (bladder / prostate and vagina).
Describe local control modalities utilized in the treatment of children and adolescents with GU RMS.
Describe event-free survival and overall survival in children and adolescents with GU RMS.