How to treat pancreatic cancer liver metastasis

Some pancreatic cancer patients will develop liver metastasis, which is one of the main reasons for the poor prognosis of pancreatic cancer and is also difficult to treat.

The treatment of pancreatic cancer liver metastasis should be based on the nature of liver metastasis and the individual condition of pancreatic cancer patients, and should choose comprehensive treatment with conservative treatment as the main approach to control further invasion of the tumor, alleviate the patient's clinical pain, and improve the patient's quality of life.

At this time, the treatment should simultaneously estimate the liver cancer metastasis lesions and the primary pancreatic cancer lesions in order to achieve better results. Surgery is generally not used in clinical treatment of pancreatic cancer liver metastasis because the surgical treatment effect is poor and the patient is prone to a series of complications after surgery, which is not conducive to the patient's recovery.

Radiotherapy and chemotherapy can achieve the expected results in the short term, but they are prone to side effects on patients and have adverse effects on their bodies. This is because radiotherapy and chemotherapy cannot distinguish between cancer cells and normal human cells. While killing cancer cells, they can also damage normal tissue cells. The strong toxic side effects can make it difficult for patients to tolerate and also cause great liver and kidney toxicity.

Therefore, Chinese medicine should be used as an adjunct to treatment. Chinese medicine can effectively relieve the bone marrow suppression and systemic symptoms caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and can enhance the body's immunity, which is of positive significance to the patient's recovery.