Is chemotherapy needed before surgical resection of liver cancer?

Generally speaking, most liver cancer patients need chemotherapy before surgery. The most commonly used chemotherapy is hepatic artery embolization chemotherapy, which can kill tumor cells, improve quality of life, and prolong survival time. When the diameter of the liver cancer tumor is less than 5cm, the liver function is compensated, the albumin ratio is not inverted, and the prothrombin time is not less than 50% of the normal value, surgical resection can be performed. After liver cancer resection, patients do not need chemotherapy.

How to perform minimally invasive surgery for liver cancer?

The early treatment effect of liver cancer is relatively good, and the five-year survival rate is relatively high. Generally speaking, the treatment effect of liver cancer in the late stage is poor. The choice of liver cancer treatment plan should be based on the stage of liver cancer, liver function, the patient's general condition, economic conditions, etc. The treatment plan is comprehensively considered. The options include surgical radiofrequency ablation, interventional embolization, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, liver transplantation, etc. Minimally invasive surgery for liver cancer is actually laparoscopic surgery, with a relatively small incision. Then the doctor removes and eliminates the tumor tissue in the liver under laparoscopic monitoring, and then removes the pathological tissue through the wound hole, which is laparoscopic hepatectomy. Percutaneous interventional therapy and vascular interventional therapy belong to the scope of minimally invasive surgery. Laparoscopic hepatectomy includes total laparoscopic hepatectomy, laparoscopic-assisted hepatectomy, and assisted laparoscopic hepatectomy. In fact, robotic hepatectomy is also used in laparoscopic surgery.

Advanced liver cancer miraculously heals itself?

It is very rare for patients with advanced liver cancer to miraculously recover on their own. The causes of liver cancer include long-term drinking, alcoholic cirrhosis, secondary carcinogenesis, or chronic viral hepatitis. Cirrhosis can also lead to malignant changes. Liver cancer itself does not fully recover, but because the tumor grows slowly, some patients may have no symptoms. In-depth treatment of liver cancer is very important, but care is also essential.