Hepatoblastoma: when to screen?
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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 exist, this may be due to the rarity of the condition and paucity of published literature. Our aim was to examine and assess the number of hepatoblastoma patients, their associated demographics and the outcome of disease.
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