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HEPATOBLASTOMA

originator: Clara
origination date: 11/12/2001
subject field: medicine: disease
check date: 06/05/2002
checker: Pamela
URL: http://www.hmc.psu.edu/childrens/healthinfo/h/hepatoblastoma.htm

Conceptual Structures
ISACHILDHOOD-LIVER-CANCER
ANCESTORSALL
CHANGE-STATE
CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL
CHILDHOOD-LIVER-CANCER
DISEASE-EVENT
EVENT
HAVE-NEOPLASM
HEPATOMA
LIVING-EVENT
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-BY-BODY-PART
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-DIGESTIVE-ORGANS-AND-PERITONEUM
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-LIVER-AND-INTRAHEPATIC-BILE-DUCTS
PHYSICAL-EVENT

English
hepatoblastomanumber: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term
context (x): I_hepbla.txt

origination date: 28/05/2002
originator: Arianne
definition: type of primary liver tumor that occurs in infants and children. It is composed of tissue resembling fetal epithelium of the liver, or mixed epithelial and mesenchymal tissues. It is most common in children under the age of 3 and rarely seen in children over the age of 6. Depending on the stage of the tumor (I, II, IIB, III, IV and recurrent), surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy can be used. (en)

Spanish
hepatoblastomadefinition: tumor hepático primario que afecta a lactantes y niños. Se compone, bien de un tejido parecido al del epitelio hepático del feto, bien de mesénquima y tejidos epiteliales. Es más común en niños menores de 3 años y apenas aparece en niños de más de 6 años. Según el estadio de la enfermedad (I, II, IIB, III, IV y recurrente), las opciones de tratamiento son la cirugía, radioterapia y la quimioterapia. (es)
gender: masculine
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term