Treatment of liver cancer

In recent years, with the increasing number of liver cancer patients and the increasing incidence of liver cancer, people are paying more and more attention to liver cancer. Once liver cancer is diagnosed, how to effectively treat it has become the focus of people's attention. With the advancement of medicine, the treatment methods for liver cancer are gradually increasing. The following is a detailed introduction for everyone:

Radical liver resection refers to the complete removal of the tumor, leaving no residual cancer in the liver and no cancer thrombus in the portal vein. Two months after the operation, AFP turns negative and does not recur. Imaging examinations show no residual tumor or recurrence. The five-year postoperative survival rate is about 50%. Generally speaking, radical resection is the best treatment for liver cancer patients, but it is difficult to completely cure patients diagnosed clinically.

Although liver lobectomy has been proven to be the best treatment for liver cancer, the vast majority of liver cancer patients in my country have liver cirrhosis. If liver lobectomy is also performed on small liver cancers, the cancer will be removed, but the patient will have to take great surgical risks. Among all liver cancer patients, patients with small liver cancers account for a considerable proportion. Therefore, the current recognized principle for surgical treatment of liver cancer is: replace liver lobectomy with local resection when there is liver cirrhosis, because when resecting small liver cancers, a large amount of functional liver tissue will also be removed, and the patient will inevitably die from liver dysfunction. This innovative treatment principle has enabled most patients with small liver cancers to have the opportunity for surgical resection, and the surgical mortality rate is 10 times lower than that of liver lobectomy. The long-term efficacy of local resection has not only not decreased, but has improved on the contrary.

After reading the above detailed introduction, I believe everyone has a certain understanding of how to effectively treat liver cancer. Patients with liver cancer must give themselves the confidence to defeat the disease, actively cooperate with the treatment, prolong the survival period to the greatest extent, and improve the quality of life.