Question
My child was found to have a hard lump in the liver. After examination, there are tumors of 3.5 centimeters in size on both left and right lobes. The hospital diagnosed it as pediatric hepatoblastoma, and the doctor suggested immediate treatment. What are the traditional Chinese medicine treatments for pediatric hepatoblastoma?
Answer
Treatment primarily involves surgical removal. High-intensity focused ultrasound therapy offers a new treatment option for conventional stage I hepatoblastomas that cannot be surgically removed. Utilizing the physical characteristics of ultrasound, such as visibility, tissue penetration, and focusing, the therapeutic effects of ultrasound heating, mechanical effects, and cavitation are applied from outside to directly destroy deep tumor tissue within the body. This method has a minimal impact on adjacent normal tissue, with accurate positioning, non-invasive “resection,” no radiation contamination, and significant efficacy. Combining ultrasound ablation therapy with surgical resection will greatly improve the complete resection rate of hepatoblastoma.