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
Stephen Skapek, MDPediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Adam Alder, MDPediatric Surgeon
Daniel Bowers, MDPediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Matthew Campbell, MDPediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Kenneth Chen, MDPediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Natasha Corbitt, MDPediatric Surgeon
Diana Diesen, MDPediatric Surgeon
Lauren Gillory, MDPediatric Surgeon
Barry Hicks, MDPediatric Surgeon
Samuel John, MDPediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Laura Klesse, MDPediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Andrew Koh, MDPediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Patrick Leavey, MDPediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Kathleen Ludwig, MDPediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Stephen Megison, MDPediatric Surgeon
Joseph Murphy, MDPediatric Surgeon
Samir Pandya, MDPediatric Surgeon
Faisal Qureshi, MDPediatric Surgeon
Mark Ryan, MDPediatric Surgeon
Arhanti Sadanand, MDPediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Avanthi Shah, MDPediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Ksenya Shliakhtsitsava, MDPediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Tiffany Simms-Waldrip, MDPediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Tamra Slone, MDPediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Melanie Stall, MDPediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Jamie Truscott, MDPediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Tanya Watt, MDPediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Jonathan Wickiser, MDPediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Naomi Winick, MDPediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
To Nhu Nguyen, PA-CPhysician Assistant - Gastroenterology