Liver: Hepatoblastoma
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Pediatric liver transplantation for hepatoblastoma.
Hepatoblastoma is the most common pediatric liver tumor and is usually diagnosed before five years of age. Treatment consists of a combination of chemotherapy and surgery, with the goal being attainment of complete local control by surgical resection and eradication of any extrahepatic disease. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is utilized and is often beneficial in rendering tumors resectable; however,...
متن کاملLiver transplantation for hepatoblastoma. The American experience.
The current role of liver transplantation in treating malignant tumors of the liver is uncertain, except for select histologic types. Pooled data on the results of liver transplantation in 12 children with hepatoblastoma is presented here. One half of the children are alive 24 to 70 (44 +/- 19) months after transplantation with no evidence of recurrence. Three patients (25%) died of tumor recur...
متن کاملLiver transplantation in the management of unresectable hepatoblastoma in children.
Complete surgical resection is essential to long-term survival in children with hepatoblastoma. We present the guidelines from the Children's Oncology Group (COG), liver tumor study group of the Societe Internationale Oncologie Pediatrique (SIOPEL), and German Pediatric Oncology Group (GPOH) for early referral of children with potentially unresectable hepatoblastoma to a specialty center with e...
متن کاملCase Series of Hepatoblastoma
Background: In the past 20 years, a dramatic improvement in the prognosis of patients with hepatoblastoma (HB)has been achieved by combining surgery and chemotherapy in several national and international trials.Materials and Methods: Four children ( 3 girl and 1 boy) aged 34 days, 4 months, 13 months, and 1 year with meanage of 6.53 (±5.15) months were presented to our center from 2002 to 2009 ...
متن کاملHepatoblastoma: when to screen?
Introduction Hepatoblastoma is a rare hepatic malignancy that is seen in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP). The occurrence is four hundred fold higher than the general population [1]. Hepatoblastoma is generally treatable with surgery; in addition it is highly responsive to chemotherapy. While the literature reports on this extracolonic manifestation of FAP, no screening recommendations exis...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1768-3262
DOI: 10.4267/2042/37822