Three common methods of treating liver cancer

Liver cancer is one of the malignant tumors with a high mortality rate, threatening the life safety of patients. What are the three common methods for treating liver cancer?

1. Surgical treatment. Surgical treatment is the traditional method for treating liver cancer, which mainly includes the following: 1. Surgical resection. 2. Local treatment if resection is not possible: ① Intraoperative chemotherapy and ligation of the hepatic artery and portal vein. ② Intraoperative chemotherapy with an implanted infusion pump. ③ Intraoperative implanted microwave radiation therapy. ④ Intraoperative cryotherapy. ⑤ Intraoperative electrochemical therapy. ⑥ Tamoxifen plus liver perfusion chemotherapy. ⑦ Sequential treatment of liver cancer.

2. Radiotherapy. The hospital uses cobalt 60 gamma rays, X-rays or high-energy rays, and has also improved the irradiation method and range of liver cancer. From the original whole liver irradiation-local irradiation-whole liver mobile irradiation-surgical positioning local irradiation and hyperfractionated irradiation, the effect of treating liver cancer has been significantly improved, and the side effects can be reduced to the lowest level. It mainly includes: external radiotherapy and internal radiotherapy.

3. Chemotherapy. Because 95% of liver cancer patients have lost the chance of surgical treatment when they are diagnosed, most liver cancer patients have to rely on chemotherapy to treat liver cancer. It is currently believed that intubation chemotherapy is better than systemic combined chemotherapy, and combined chemotherapy is better than single-drug chemotherapy. Hepatic artery catheterization chemotherapy is considered to be the best way to treat liver cancer except for surgical surgery.