i am a survivor from this childhood cancer and want to know the statistics of survival. Check out CDC morbidity and mortality, www.cdc.gov, also http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/ , also the American Liver Foundation peditric liver disease statistics at www.liverfoundation.org.
Background: Hepatoblastoma is the most common liver cancer in children, although it is relatively uncommon compared to other solid tumors in the pediatric age group. During the past several years, pathologic variations of hepatoblastoma have been identified, and techniques for establishing the diagnosis of childhood hepatic tumors have improved. Surgical techniques and adjuvant chemotherapy have markedly improved prognosis of children with hepatoblastoma. Complete surgical resection of the tumor at diagnosis, followed by adjuvant chemotherapy, is associated with 100% survival rates, but the outlook remains poor in children with residual disease after initial resection, even if they receive aggressive adjuvant therapy. New scientific concepts are evolving that most likely will have significant effects on the future care of children with hepatoblastomas and other malignancies. Congratulations on being a cancer survivor!
Primary liver tumours in children account for approximately 5% of childhood neoplasms and over two-thirds occur within the first year of life. The biology and behaviour of hepatoblastoma (HBL) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) differ but therapeutic strategy is similar for both tumours. If survival rate in HBL currently exceeds 70%, prognosis of HCC remains poor with less than 25% survival. |
