What are the symptoms of liver cancer

What are the symptoms of liver cancer?

1. Symptoms of liver cancer include pain in the liver area, abdominal distension, poor appetite, fatigue, weight loss, progressive liver enlargement or upper abdominal mass. Some patients will have low fever, jaundice, diarrhea, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, and acute abdomen after rupture.

2. When liver cancer reaches the middle and late stages, physical signs such as liver enlargement, jaundice, and ascites usually appear. Liver cancer is related to family history, environment, diet, viral infection, etc. Liver cancer will also cause fever, weight loss, abdominal distension, fatigue and other symptoms. You can do a color Doppler ultrasound examination, and if there are any abnormalities, it is recommended to go to the hospital for a check-up. It is judged based on the test results. You must pay attention to getting more rest and eating more nutritious food to enhance your resistance. In the early stages of liver cancer, there are usually no obvious symptoms. When the patient has obvious discomfort, the disease has often entered the middle and late stages.

What should be reviewed after surgery for small hepatocellular carcinoma?

It is very important to have a follow-up examination after liver cancer surgery, mainly through imaging examinations, such as MRI and enhanced CT. Tumor marker examination mainly checks abnormal prothrombin and CA199 and other indicators in the patient's body. Patients should choose appropriate follow-up items according to their own conditions under the guidance of a professional doctor, and take targeted treatment measures based on the detailed examination results to avoid the recurrence or metastasis of cancer cells.

The items for follow-up examination after surgery for small liver cancer include liver function, blood routine, kidney function, alpha-fetoprotein, abnormal prothrombin, liver and gallbladder CT scan with enhancement, or liver and gallbladder MRI scan with enhancement, lung CT scan, and if the patient has hepatitis B, further hepatitis B virus DNA test is required to conduct a comprehensive assessment to see if there is a possibility of recurrence after liver cancer surgery. It is recommended to have a follow-up examination within 1-2 months after liver cancer surgery.