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Other drug therapy
Source: Childhood Vascular Tumors (PDQ®)–Patient Version, National Cancer Institute.
Source updated: March 6, 2025 · Captured 2026-09-09.
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Context: Types of treatment for childhood vascular tumors / Treatment options
Other drugs used to treat childhood vascular tumors or manage their effects include:
Steroid therapy: Steroids are hormones made naturally in the body. They can also be made in a laboratory and used as drugs. Steroid drugs help shrink some vascular tumors. Corticosteroids, such as prednisone and methylprednisolone, are used to treat infantile hemangioma.
Immunosuppressant therapy: These drugs decrease the body's immune responses. Immunosuppressant therapy has been used to help shrink vascular tumors. Topical tacrolimus is used to treat kaposiform hemangioendotheliomas and tufted angiomas.
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Thyroid hormone replacement therapy: These drugs replace hormones made by the thyroid and are used to treat a rare form of hypothyroidism caused by some vascular tumors, such as liver hemangiomas.
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