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Chapter 42 - Tumors of the Liver in Children

from Section V - Other Considerations and Issues in Pediatric Hepatology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 January 2021

Frederick J. Suchy
Affiliation:
University of Colorado, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora
Ronald J. Sokol
Affiliation:
University of Colorado, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora
William F. Balistreri
Affiliation:
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Jorge A. Bezerra
Affiliation:
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Cara L. Mack
Affiliation:
University of Colorado, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora
Benjamin L. Shneider
Affiliation:
Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston
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Summary

The rarity and diversity of liver tumors in children means that no center has adequate experience to deliver optimal care to every patient. Hence cooperative study groups have been essential in establishing diagnostic criteria, identifying prognostic factors, assembling new biologically important molecular data, and introducing and evaluating chemotherapy and other treatments.

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