Progress on the diagnosis and treatment of hepatoblastoma in children
Hepatoblastoma is the most common malignant tumor of the liver in childhood.The main clinical symptom of children is abdominal mass,and half of them are unable to completely be resected at initial diagnosis.In recent years,surgical treatment combined with chemotherapy can significantly improve the long-term survival rate of hepatoblastoma,and it has become the important treatment plan for hepatoblastoma.Especially the preoperative clinical staging,pathological types,chemotherapy,and surgery are important for the treatment of hepatoblastoma.This article reviews the latest research progress on the diagnosis and treatment of childhood hepatoblastoma in order to provide the help for clinical treatment.