Andrew Fleming

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Background: Concomitant Wilms tumor (WT) and autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is exceedingly rare, presenting a diagnostic and technical challenge to pediatric surgical oncologists. The simultaneous workup and management of these disease processes is incompletely described. Procedure: We performed a retrospective analysis of patients treated at our institution with concomitant diagnoses of WT and ADPKD. We also review the literature on the underlying biology and management principles of these conditions. Results: We present three diverse cases of concomitant unilateral WT and ADPKD who underwent nephrectomy. One patient had preoperative imaging consistent with ADPKD with confirmatory testing postoperatively, one was found to have contralateral renal cysts intraoperatively with confirmatory imaging post-nephrectomy, and one was diagnosed in childhood post-nephrectomy. All patients are alive at last follow-up, and the patient with longest follow-up has progressed to end-stage kidney failure requiring transplantation and dialysis in adulthood. All patients underwent germline testing and were found to have no cancer predisposition syndrome or pathogenic or likely-pathogenic variants for WT. Conclusion: Concomitant inheritance of ADPKD and development of WT is extremely rare, and manifestations of ADPKD may not present until late childhood or adulthood. ADPKD is not a known predisposing condition for WT. When ADPKD diagnosis is made by family history, imaging, and/or genetic testing before WT diagnosis and treatment, the need for extensive preoperative characterization of cystic kidney lesions in children and increased risk of post-nephrectomy kidney failure warrant further discussion of surgical approach and peri-operative management strategies.

Margaret Lubas

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Background: To examine associations between phenotypes of short sleep duration and clinically-assessed health conditions in long-term survivors of childhood cancer. Methods: Survivors recruited from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort (n=911; 52% female; mean age 34 years; 26 years post-diagnosis) completed behavioral health surveys and underwent comprehensive physical examinations. Sleep was assessed with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Short sleep was defined as <7 hours per night with phenotypes of short sleep including poor sleep efficiency (<85%), prolonged sleep onset latency (≥30 minutes), and wake after sleep onset (≥3 times per week). Covariates included childhood cancer treatment exposures, demographics, body mass index, and physical inactivity. Separate modified Poisson regression models were computed for each health category to estimate relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). Multinomial logistic regression models examined associations between sleep and an aggregated burden of chronic health conditions. Results: Short sleep duration was reported among 44% (95% CI 41%-47%) of survivors. In multivariable models, short sleep duration alone was associated with pulmonary (RR=1.35, 95% CI 1.08-1.69), endocrine (RR=1.22, 95% CI 1.06-1.39) and gastrointestinal/hepatic conditions (RR=1.46, 95% CI 1.18-1.79), and anxiety (RR 3.24, 95% CI 1.64-6.41) and depression (RR=2.33, 95% CI 1.27-4.27). Short sleep with prolonged SOL was associated with a high/severe burden of health conditions (OR=2.35, 95% CI 1.12-4.94). Conclusions: Short sleep duration was associated with multiple clinically-ascertained adverse health conditions. Although the temporality of these associations cannot be determined in this cross-sectional study, sleep is modifiable, and improving sleep may improve long-term health in survivors.