Scientists have discovered a new high-risk subtype of pediatric liver cancer with poor outcomes, an advance that may lead to specialised treatment procedures to tackle the life-threatening condition.
Until recently, all cases of liver cancers in children were classified either as the more common type Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) or as the rarer tumour of liver cells called hepatoblastoma (HB), say researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in the US.
