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What systemic therapy would you offer to a pediatric patient with fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma after an initial partial surgical resection?

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Medical Oncology · University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

My most commonly used systemic therapy for FLHCC is 5FU+IFN. Since FLHCC patient get excluded from HCC trails, there is no standard here.

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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology · FibroFighters Foundation

There is no standard of care at this point, but most patients relapse and do poorly. At most, 20% are cured by surgery alone.

We at Rush (36 patients seen/ consulted on in the last 3 years with FLC) believe that fibrolamellar is a systemic disease, different from HCC in every way (genetics, histolog...

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Medical Oncology · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

There is no data for adjuvant therapy, thus close observation. Make sure tumor is evaluated for next generation sequencing.

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