How long can one live with liver cancer

If liver cancer can be detected early and treated surgically, the prognosis of some patients is relatively good. Now some patients can survive for five or ten years, but there are relatively few long-term survival cases, so liver cancer should be prevented in advance. In the case of early liver cancer with surgery as the main treatment and other auxiliary treatments combined, the 5-year survival rate can reach 70%-80%. Some patients can live for 20-30 years, or even for life, but this is limited to very few patients. It is recommended that patients, especially those with liver cancer, must pay attention to a light and easily digestible diet, reduce the intake of hard, spicy, and irritating foods, and pay attention to rechecking liver function, liver color ultrasound and other indicators.

Can liver cancer be cured by traditional Chinese medicine?

The principle of TCM in treating liver cancer is to treat based on syndrome differentiation. Due to different clinical classifications, the treatment principles of liver cancer are different. Each patient has a different constitution, so the syndrome differentiation is also different, and the role of TCM is also different. The treatment principle of early liver cancer or small liver cancer is mainly surgery. After surgery, it is often based on liver depression and spleen deficiency, combined with qi stagnation and blood stasis or qi deficiency and blood deficiency. On the basis of soothing the liver and strengthening the spleen, TCM combines Chinese herbal medicine to regulate qi and remove blood stasis or replenish qi and blood to prevent recurrence and metastasis. According to the situation you described, the patient is old and can consider TCM treatment. TCM treatment can effectively control the symptoms, increase the patient's immune function, improve the patient's quality of life, and prolong the patient's survival time. TCM treatment of liver cancer has advantages, and Chinese medicine has the effect of enhancing and anti-cancer.

Is it dangerous for patients with ascites to have fluid removed?

Abdominal fluid drainage may lead to protein loss and easily induce hepatic encephalopathy, but it can quickly improve symptoms, so there is no need to worry. However, it cannot be completely drained, otherwise the abdominal cavity will not have enough pressure at once, which may easily lead to acute organ failure. Abdominal fluid drainage for liver cancer can easily cause electrolyte imbalance.