Pediatric liver transplantation for 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 کاملIndications for pediatric liver transplantation.
Two hundred fifty pediatric (less than 18 years of age) patients underwent orthotopic liver transplantation because of end-stage liver disease and were given combination therapy with cyclosporine and prednisone. The most common indications for transplantation in decreasing order of frequency were biliary atresia, inborn errors of metabolism, and postnecrotic cirrhosis. The 5-year actuarial surv...
متن کاملPediatric Liver Transplantation for Chronic Liver Disease
The pediatric liver transplant evolved in the 1980s and became established in the 1990s. First successful pediatric liver transplant was performed in 1967 by Prof. Starlz. . There were rapid advances in adult transplantation throughout the 1970s. 1986, when most adult units claimed a 1 year survival rate of 80% average 1 year survival rates in children were only 60% (1). Since then, there have ...
متن کاملPediatric Liver Transplantation
Liver transplantation is the treatment of choice for various causes of end-stage liver disease in children1. Remarkable progress has been made in the field since the first human orthotopic liver transplant was performed in a child in 19632. The number of transplants performed has increased especially since 1983, when liver transplantation was given therapeutic status by the NIH consensus confer...
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: Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2415-1289
DOI: 10.21037/tgh.2016.04.01