Patient's question:
The child discovered a hard lump in the liver. After examination, it was found that there was a tumor measuring 3.5 cm in each of the left and right lobes. The hospital diagnosed it as pediatric hepatoblastoma. The doctor recommended immediate treatment. Could you please tell me about the TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) treatments for pediatric hepatoblastoma?Doctor's answer:
Treatment primarily involves surgical resection. High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy provides a new treatment option for conventional unresectable hepatoblastoma. Utilizing the physical characteristics of ultrasound, such as its visibility, tissue penetration, and focal ability, HIFU therapy employs ultrasound heating effects, mechanical effects, and cavitation effects to locate and directly destroy deep-seated tumor tissue from the outside. It has minimal impact on surrounding normal tissues, offers precise targeting, non-invasive "resection," no radiation pollution, and significant therapeutic efficacy. The combination of ultrasound ablation therapy and surgical resection will greatly improve the complete resection rate of hepatoblastoma.