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[Rapid efficacy of preoperative chemotherapy in nephroblastoma involving cardiac cavities].
Tumors involving the inferior vena cava and cardiac cavities are rare in nephroblastoma. When they do occur, the standard treatment is primary surgery; but this is often technically difficult. ⋯ Preoperative chemotherapy seems to be effective in nephroblastoma extending to cardiac cavities; it allows subsequent surgery and facilitates postoperative radiotherapy.