Pediatric Hepatoblastoma (Liver Cancer)
What is Pediatric Hepatoblastoma (Liver Cancer)?
The most common liver tumor in children is hepatoblastoma, but it only happens in about one in a million children. Other liver tumors found in children include:
- Hepatocellular carcinomas
- Mesenchymal Hamartomas (usually benign)
- Sarcomas
How is Pediatric Hepatoblastoma (Liver Cancer) treated?
Surgery and Chemotherapy
In general, curing these tumors requires complete surgical removal combined with appropriate chemotherapy if the tumor is malignant. The ability to remove the tumor depends on its position in the liver and whether it involves critical blood vessels and bile ducts.
Transplant
Some patients with unresectable liver tumors will require a liver transplant.
Pediatric Hepatoblastoma (Liver Cancer) Doctors and Providers
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Stephen Skapek, MD Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist -
Tamra Slone, MD Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist -
Adam Alder, MD Pediatric Surgeon -
Daniel Bowers, MD Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist -
Matthew Campbell, MD Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist -
Kenneth Chen, MD Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist -
Natasha Corbitt, MD Pediatric Surgeon -
Diana Diesen, MD Pediatric Surgeon -
Samuel John, MD Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist -
Laura Klesse, MD Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist -
Andrew Koh, MD Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist -
Patrick Leavey, MD Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist -
Stephen Megison, MD Pediatric Surgeon -
Joseph Murphy, MD Pediatric Surgeon -
Samir Pandya, MD Pediatric Surgeon -
Faisal Qureshi, MD Pediatric Surgeon -
Mark Ryan, MD Pediatric Surgeon -
Avanthi Shah, MD Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist -
Tiffany Simms-Waldrip, MD Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist -
Melanie Stall, MD Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist -
Jamie Truscott, MD Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist -
Jonathan Wickiser, MD Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist -
Naomi Winick, MD Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist -
Lauren Gillory, MD Pediatric Surgeon -
Kathleen Ludwig, MD Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist -
Arhanti Sadanand, MD Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist -
Ksenya Shliakhtsitsava, MD Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist -
Tanya Watt, MD Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist -
To Nhu Nguyen, PA-C Physician Assistant - Gastroenterology