Critical review of controversial issues in the management of advanced pediatric liver tumors. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2011 Jul 01;56(7):1013-8
Date
04/14/2011Pubmed ID
21488153DOI
10.1002/pbc.22893Scopus ID
2-s2.0-79954494391 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 50 CitationsAbstract
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and hepatoblastoma (HB) are the most common primary tumors of liver in children. The management of patients with locally advanced, unresectable disease or those with extra-hepatic distant metastases provides substantial challenges to pediatric oncologists, hepatologists, and surgeons. Herein, we critically debate the two sides of three specific controversies: (1) the role of chemotherapy in the treatment of advanced pediatric HCC; (2) the indications for liver transplantation in children with HCC, specifically, the appropriateness of using adult Milan criteria; and (3) the role of liver trasplantation in children with unresectable HB that present with metastatic disease. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2011;56:1013-1018. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Author List
Gupta AA, Gerstle JT, Ng V, Wong A, Fecteau A, Malogolowkin MH, Meyers RL, Grant D, Grant RMMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdultAntineoplastic Agents
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
Child
Combined Modality Therapy
Humans
Liver Neoplasms
Liver Transplantation