What are the treatments for primary liver cancer

What are the treatments for primary liver cancer? Liver cancer can be divided into many types, and each type of liver cancer has different treatments. Let's learn about the treatments for primary liver cancer together. I hope you can understand the treatments for liver cancer and overcome cancer as soon as possible.

1. Surgical treatment

⑴ Radical surgery: Surgery is still an effective method for the treatment of early liver cancer. Generally, patients with small tumors and early stage are suitable for radical surgery. However, for patients with irregular localization and liver cirrhosis, normal liver tissue cells should be maintained as much as possible during radical surgery to improve the success rate after surgery.

(2) Palliative surgery: For multiple tumors or large tumors, as well as liver with portal vein cancer thrombus, palliative surgery can be used, but it cannot be a radical cure. Palliative surgery or hepatic artery chemoembolization can also be used. In order to prevent cancer recurrence, it is still necessary to try to clear the tumor and cancer thrombus and control tumor growth as much as possible.

2. Local ablation therapy

What are the treatments for primary liver cancer? The treatment of this disease should still focus on effective treatment, emphasizing non-invasive and minimally invasive treatment. Minimally invasive treatments for liver cancer include microwave curing, intratumoral injection, laser thermal therapy, and radiofrequency ablation. However, minimally invasive treatment is generally suitable for tumors with a diameter of less than 5 cm, no more than three lesions, or patients with poor physical fitness who cannot withstand surgery and lesions located around large blood vessels in the liver.

⑴ For patients with tumors less than 5 cm in diameter, less than 3 lesions, poor constitution and unable to withstand surgery, and patients with large blood vessels around the lesions, anhydrous ethanol injection can be used. However, the fibrous septum will be formed after injection, and it cannot be completely cured.

(2) Microwave curing and radiofrequency ablation are suitable for patients with extrahepatic metastasis and without portal vein tumor thrombus. Comprehensive treatment to expand the ablation range can improve the efficacy of liver cancer treatment. It can also be combined with hepatic artery embolization. Patients with lesions near the diaphragm, near the gallbladder, and around large blood vessels should use it with caution.

3. Hepatic artery chemoembolization

For patients with unresectable tumors, especially hepatocellular carcinoma in the second lobe, as well as patients with multiple lesions and postoperative recurrence who cannot undergo surgical resection, hepatic artery chemoembolization can be chosen.

Several main treatment methods for primary liver cancer. Primary liver cancer is a type of liver cancer, and its damage is also very severe. I hope you will follow the doctor's advice and actively seek treatment. Don't be lazy or neglect it. I believe that a positive and optimistic attitude can help you defeat liver cancer as soon as possible.