[Surgical treatment of wilms' tumour and neuroblastoma with particular reference to staging (author's transl)]

Combined surgical, irradiation and cytostatic therapy has considerably improved the outlook in cases of Wilms' tumour over the past years. Unfortunately the therapeautic results in neuroblastoma have not shown improvement to the same extent. Staging of the tumour is an essential basis for thee establishment of optimum therapeutic management and prognosis. Further improvement in results could be achieved with enhanced early diagnosis of these tumours and centralized treatment in centres with requisite specialist teams.