What are the effective methods to treat liver cancer?

Liver cancer is the most common malignant tumor, and the treatment of liver cancer is a problem that experts have been studying. At present, there are many treatments for liver cancer , the most common of which are surgery and radiation. Below, experts will introduce the treatment of liver cancer in detail.

The following are some common treatments for liver cancer:

1. Drug and biological treatment: Currently, liver cancer has not achieved satisfactory results with systemic chemotherapy alone, either as a single agent or in combination. Given the growing knowledge of tumor biology, the continuous update of anti-tumor drug research and development will inevitably lead to the exploration of new tumor drugs.

Second, local treatment: including transcatheter hepatic arterial chemoembolization (TACE), percutaneous ethanol tumor injection (PEI), liver cancer freezing, microwave, radiofrequency, etc. However, one of the biggest problems with local treatment is the incompleteness of the treatment.

3. Radiotherapy: Radiotherapy once played an important role in the treatment history of liver cancer. However, with the rise of local treatment, its position has been replaced by TACE and PEI. Nowadays, gamma knife, X-knife, and especially three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy have appeared, which can reduce the damage to normal tissues. In addition, there is "proton radiotherapy internal radiotherapy (iodine 131 labeled iodized oil, etc.)", which are all progress in the application of radiotherapy as local treatment. It will have a broad prospect like other local treatments for liver cancer.

4. Surgical treatment: including resection of small liver cancer, resection of large liver cancer, resection in case of recurrence, resection after shrinkage of liver cancer that cannot be removed, and liver transplantation.

5. Comprehensive treatment: It is expected that comprehensive treatment will play an extremely important role in the treatment of liver cancer in the 21st century. This is because cancer is different from infectious diseases. Infectious diseases are mostly caused by one pathogen, while cancer is caused by multiple factors and multiple stages. This will theoretically lay the foundation for the importance of comprehensive cancer treatment.

The above are the treatment methods for liver cancer. Through the introduction of experts, I believe you have a certain understanding of the treatment of liver cancer. If you have any questions about the treatment of liver cancer, please consult our online experts.

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