--- Jon Gabriel wrote: <snip> > A couple of weeks ago one of my oldest and dearest > friend's two year old was > diagnosed with liver cancer. They're investigating > treatment options, but > have been told prognosis isn't good.
There are several links from this page: http://www.cancerindex.org/ccw/guide2g.htm One of them - the Parent's PDQ link: http://imsdd.meb.uni-bonn.de/cancernet/200963.html "There are two types of cancer that start in the liver (hepatoblastoma and hepatocellular cancer), based on how the cancer cells look under a microscope. Hepatoblastoma is more common in young children before age 3 and may be caused by an abnormal gene. Children of families whose members carry a gene related to a certain kind of colon cancer may be more likely to develop hepatoblastoma (genes carry the hereditary information that you get from your parents). Children infected with hepatitis B or C (viral infections of the liver) are more likely than other children to get hepatocellular cancer. Immunization to prevent hepatitis B may decrease the chance of developing hepatocellular cancer. Hepatocellular cancer is found in children from birth to 19 years of age..." A site for physicians/clinicians: http://www.cancer.gov/cancer_information/doc_pdq.aspx?version=1&summaryid=208_00963 "Liver cancer, a rare malignancy in children and adolescents, is divided into 2 major histologic subgroups: hepatoblastoma and hepatocellular carcinoma. The age of onset of liver cancer in children is related to the histology of the tumor. Hepatoblastomas usually occur before 3 years of age, whereas the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States varies little with age between 0 and 19 years.[2] The overall survival rate for children with hepatoblastoma is 70% [3-5] but is only 25% for hepatocellular carcinoma.[6]..." The following has multiple links, including PEDBASE (sort of a pediatric MedLine), Oncolink and CancerNet: http://www.livertx.org/livercancerlinks.html Some of these have research protocols. If your friend lives in a small community, I would highly recommend that they seek consultation at a regional children's hospital, to see a sub-specialist/team. Debbi who doesn't know any 'alternative' sites to recommend for such a serious disease, but would advise a diet high in vegetables (most kids will eat carrots well, but things like spinach and broccoli frequently must be smothered in cheese sauce) and fruits (especially berries: blue/straw/rasp etc.) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
