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Treatment of Childhood Cardiac Tumors

Source: Childhood Cardiac Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version, National Cancer Institute.

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Successful treatment may require surgery, debulking for progressive symptoms, cardiac transplant, and chemotherapy that is appropriate for the type of cancer.[1-3]; [4][Level of evidence C1] In one series, 95% of patients were free from cardiac tumor recurrence at 10 years.[5] A meta-analysis of 713 pediatric patients revealed a cumulative, 30-day overall mortality rate of 5.5%, with a rate of 7.5% for patients after surgery. A lower mortality rate was seen in children younger than 1 year.[6]

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Treatment options for childhood cardiac tumors, according to tumor type or resectability, are as follows:

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