Introduction Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a major health problem, accounting for more than 626,000 new cases per year worldwide. It is the third highest cause of cancer-related death globally. In the west, the disease is diagnosed in 30 to 40% of all patients at early stages and is amenable to
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Establish and bank cell lines and/or xenografts from pediatric patients with cancer.
II. Establish continuous cell lines, under carefully controlled conditions, from pediatric patients with cancer.
III. Establish transplantable xenografts in immunocompromised mice from tumor