DODOMA, Sept. 23 -- DOCTORS are warning parents to seek immediate medical attention if their children show signs of Wilms tumour, the most common kidney cancer in children and a major contributor to childhood cancer disparities worldwide.

Wilms tumour accounts for over 90 per cent of kidney tumours in children. Named after German surgeon Dr Max Wilms, who first described the disease in the 19th century, it affects approximately 22 per cent of children with kidney tumours in Africa.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), around 85 per cent of all renal tumours in children are Wilms tumours. In Tanzania, it ranks as the second most common childhood cancer.

Head of Urology and Paediatric Urologist at Benjamin Mkapa Hospital (BM...