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Hepatoblastoma – “Rescue or Redemption”

Chairpersons - Nida Mirza, Shivani Deswal, Shubham Jain, Vipul Gautam

🗓️ 22 Nov 2025 🕒 14:15 - 15:15 📍Hall C

Theme - Early Referral Changes the Game

Objectives -

1. Introduce the role of liver transplantation (LT) in managing hepatoblastoma
2. Review case-based learning: diagnosis, neoadjuvant therapy, LT, and postoperative chemotherapy
3. Debate primary LT vs. extreme hepatic resection in challenging cases
4. Explore current outcomes, controversies, and future directions in hepatobalstoma management

Genetics and molecular insights, risk stratification (PRETEXT), multimodality management, and when Liver Transplantation is considered

14:15 - 14:25 Talk

Speaker: Arjun Maria

Journey from diagnosis to Liver Transplantation:
Special focus: Liver Transplantation in hepatobalstoma with pulmonary metastases at presentation1

14:25 - 14:40 Case Based Panel Discussion

Moderator : Vibhor Borkar

Panelists: Amita Mahajan, Anu Vasudevan, Ravi Mohanka, Naimish Mehta

Debate: Primary Liver Transplantation vs Extreme Hepatic Resection
Should borderline cases go straight to liver transplantation, or is maximal resection justified?

For - Primary Liver Transplantation

14:40 - 14:48 Debate

Speaker: P Balachanan Menon

Debate: Primary Liver Transplantation vs Extreme Hepatic Resection
Should borderline cases go straight to liver transplantation, or is maximal resection justified?

Against

14:48 - 14:56 Debate

Speaker: C H Madhusudhan

Debate: Primary Liver Transplantation vs Extreme Hepatic Resection
Should borderline cases go straight to liver transplantation, or is maximal resection justified?

Rebuttal

14:56 - 15:00 Debate

Current Outcomes & Evolving Approaches: Survival, recurrence, long-term follow-up, novel agents, and future directions

15:00 - 15:10 Talk

Speaker: Amita Mahajan

Moderated Q&A

15:10 - 15:15

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