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==Screening==
==Screening==
According to the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and United States Preventive Services Task Force, there is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for hepatoblastoma.<ref name="USPSTF">Hepatoblastoma. USPSTF. http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/BrowseRec/Search?s=hepatoblastoma Accessed on November 3, 2015</ref><ref name="AASLD">Hepatoblastoma. AASLD. https://www.aasld.org/search/node/hepatoblastoma%20screening Accessed on November 3, 2015</ref><ref name="pmid27526937">{{cite journal |vauthors=Shelmerdine SC, Roebuck DJ, Towbin AJ, McHugh K |title=MRI of paediatric liver tumours: How we review and report |journal=Cancer Imaging |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=21 |date=August 2016 |pmid=27526937 |pmc=4986178 |doi=10.1186/s40644-016-0083-3 |url=}}</ref>  
According to the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and United States Preventive Services Task Force, there is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for hepatoblastoma.<ref name="USPSTF">Hepatoblastoma. USPSTF. http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/BrowseRec/Search?s=hepatoblastoma Accessed on November 3, 2015</ref><ref name="AASLD">Hepatoblastoma. AASLD. https://www.aasld.org/search/node/hepatoblastoma%20screening Accessed on November 3, 2015</ref><ref name="pmid27526937">{{cite journal |vauthors=Shelmerdine SC, Roebuck DJ, Towbin AJ, McHugh K |title=MRI of paediatric liver tumours: How we review and report |journal=Cancer Imaging |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=21 |date=August 2016 |pmid=27526937 |pmc=4986178 |doi=10.1186/s40644-016-0083-3 |url=}}</ref>  
**[[Ultrasound]] is the main screening tool for suspected [[hepatic]] lesions in children.<ref name="pmid275269372">{{cite journal |vauthors=Shelmerdine SC, Roebuck DJ, Towbin AJ, McHugh K |title=MRI of paediatric liver tumours: How we review and report |journal=Cancer Imaging |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=21 |date=August 2016 |pmid=27526937 |pmc=4986178 |doi=10.1186/s40644-016-0083-3 |url=}}</ref>
*[[Ultrasound]] is the recommended for suspected [[hepatic]] lesions in children.<ref name="pmid275269372">{{cite journal |vauthors=Shelmerdine SC, Roebuck DJ, Towbin AJ, McHugh K |title=MRI of paediatric liver tumours: How we review and report |journal=Cancer Imaging |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=21 |date=August 2016 |pmid=27526937 |pmc=4986178 |doi=10.1186/s40644-016-0083-3 |url=}}</ref>
**Serum [[alpha-fetoprotein]] ([[AFP]]) is the most important [[clinical]] marker of hepatoblastoma and helps to estimate [[malignant]] change, response to the treatment, and [[relapse]]. <ref name="pmid26835349">{{cite journal |vauthors=Hiyama E |title=Pediatric hepatoblastoma: diagnosis and treatment |journal=Transl Pediatr |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=293–9 |date=October 2014 |pmid=26835349 |pmc=4728840 |doi=10.3978/j.issn.2224-4336.2014.09.01 |url=}}</ref>
*Serum [[alpha-fetoprotein]] ([[AFP]]) is the most important [[clinical]] marker of hepatoblastoma and helps to estimate [[malignant]] change, response to the treatment, and [[relapse]]. <ref name="pmid26835349">{{cite journal |vauthors=Hiyama E |title=Pediatric hepatoblastoma: diagnosis and treatment |journal=Transl Pediatr |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=293–9 |date=October 2014 |pmid=26835349 |pmc=4728840 |doi=10.3978/j.issn.2224-4336.2014.09.01 |url=}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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According to the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and United States Preventive Services Task Force, there is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for hepatoblastoma. However, ultrasound is the recommended for suspected hepatic lesions in children.

Screening

According to the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and United States Preventive Services Task Force, there is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for hepatoblastoma.[1][2][3]

References

  1. Hepatoblastoma. USPSTF. http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/BrowseRec/Search?s=hepatoblastoma Accessed on November 3, 2015
  2. Hepatoblastoma. AASLD. https://www.aasld.org/search/node/hepatoblastoma%20screening Accessed on November 3, 2015
  3. Shelmerdine SC, Roebuck DJ, Towbin AJ, McHugh K (August 2016). "MRI of paediatric liver tumours: How we review and report". Cancer Imaging. 16 (1): 21. doi:10.1186/s40644-016-0083-3. PMC 4986178. PMID 27526937.
  4. Shelmerdine SC, Roebuck DJ, Towbin AJ, McHugh K (August 2016). "MRI of paediatric liver tumours: How we review and report". Cancer Imaging. 16 (1): 21. doi:10.1186/s40644-016-0083-3. PMC 4986178. PMID 27526937.
  5. Hiyama E (October 2014). "Pediatric hepatoblastoma: diagnosis and treatment". Transl Pediatr. 3 (4): 293–9. doi:10.3978/j.issn.2224-4336.2014.09.01. PMC 4728840. PMID 26835349.


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