Liver Transplantation for Hepatoblastoma The American Experience
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Liver 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...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199102000-00004