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December 25, 2008
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Dr. Carl Max Wilhelm Wilms (1867-1918)
The eponym Wilms tumor is well known to pediatric oncologists all over the world and refers to the most common form of renal cancer in the pediatric age group. Its occurrence in adults is rare, but not unheard of. Wilms tumor, also referred to as nephroblastoma, is named after the German surgeon Max Wilms, who was born Nov. 5, 1867 in Hünshoven near Aachen, Germany.