RESECTABILITY OF ADVANCED LIVER-TUMORS IN CHILDREN AFTER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY

Authors
MUNRO FD SIMPSON E AZMY AF
Citation
Fd. Munro et al., RESECTABILITY OF ADVANCED LIVER-TUMORS IN CHILDREN AFTER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY, Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 76(4), 1994, pp. 253-256
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England → ACNP
ISSN journal
00358843
Volume
76
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
253 - 256
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8843(1994)76:4<253:ROALIC>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Five patients with locally advanced or metastatic liver tumours were t reated at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children between 1983 and 1992 b y preoperative combination chemotherapy and subsequent complete resect ion of the residual liver tumour. Chemotherapy was generally well tole rated with few significant adverse effects. Tumour resection was accom plished by lobectomy in three cases and an extended lobectomy in the r emaining two. All five children are currently well and free of disease at a mean follow-up of 36 months.