How do you approach treatment of metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma in an adolescent?

Topics: Pediatric Oncology • Liver and Pancreas Tumors • AYA • Solid organ malignancy • Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Would you offer liver transplant in the setting of metastatic disease?

Answer from: at Community Practice

Clarification - do you mean fibrolamellar carcinoma? Often mistakenly treated or referred to as a HCC variant or as a subset of HCC? Does it have the characteristic DNAj-PRKACA fusion for FLC? Is there underlying liver disease? Or do you mean conventional HCC? (common in older adults with liver dis...

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at Lurie Children’s Hospital
Thank you for your reply, Dr. @Paul Kent! Patholog...

at FibroFighters Foundation
@Kritika Patel, It is important to rule out FLC -...

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