Patient's question:
At just 5 months old, it was discovered that there was a hard lump in the liver. After examination, it was found that there were tumors, each measuring 3.5 cm in size, in both the left and right lobes. The hospital diagnosed it as infantile hepatoblastoma. The doctor recommended immediate treatment. What are the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment methods for infantile 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 delivers external localization to directly destroy deep-seated tumor tissue within the body through ultrasound heating effects, mechanical effects, and cavitation effects. This approach minimizes impact on adjacent normal tissues, offers precise targeting, non-invasive "resection," no radiation pollution, and significant therapeutic efficacy. Combining ultrasound ablation therapy with surgical resection can greatly improve the treatment of hepatoblastoma.