Question
What are the traditional Chinese medical treatments for pediatric hepatoblastoma?
Answer
Treatment primarily focuses on surgical resection. High-intensity focused ultrasound therapy provides a new treatment option for hepatoblastoma cases that cannot be surgically removed. Utilizing the physical characteristics of ultrasound, such as visibility, tissue penetration, and focusing, the therapy heats up and destroys deep tumor tissue from outside the body, causing minimal impact on adjacent normal tissue. This approach offers precise localization, minimally invasive “resection,” no radiation contamination, and significant therapeutic effects. Combining ultrasound ablation with surgical resection can greatly improve the complete resection rate of hepatoblastoma.