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Watchful waiting

Source: Hepatoblastoma, National Cancer Institute.

Source updated: February 21, 2025 · Captured 2026-09-09.

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Context: Types of treatment for hepatoblastoma

Watchful waiting is closely monitoring a patient's condition without giving any treatment until signs or symptoms appear or change. In hepatoblastoma, this treatment is only used for small well-differentiated fetal (pure fetal) histology tumors that have been completely removed by surgery.

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