How to treat liver cancer?

There are many treatments for liver cancer, which are generally divided into two categories: radical treatment and palliative treatment. Liver transplantation, partial liver resection and liver cancer ablation are the three most common radical treatments. Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization, targeted drug therapy, radioactive particle implantation in liver cancer, external radiation therapy for liver cancer, traditional Chinese medicine and immunotherapy are common palliative treatments. Which specific treatment is suitable for a liver cancer patient needs to be considered based on the stage of liver cancer and the patient's financial situation.

The most basic treatment for liver cancer is surgery. For surgical treatment of liver cancer, it is mainly used in patients with relatively limited liver cancer, no extensive metastasis outside the liver, and the remaining liver function can meet the needs of the body. Compared with other treatment methods, this treatment method is the most thorough and effective method. Microwave ablation at the tumor site through color Doppler ultrasound under the skin or laparoscopy or under the guidance of other imaging examinations such as CT is the current treatment method for liver cancer. This therapy generally requires that the largest lesion in the liver does not exceed 5cm and 3cm abroad, and the number of lesions does not exceed 3. The blood supply of primary liver cancer is mainly supplied by the hepatic artery system. For the treatment of primary liver cancer, chemotherapy drugs and embolization of the hepatic artery can also be injected into the hepatic artery to reduce the volume of liver cancer and the number of liver cancer cells, and reduce the metastasis of liver cancer to other organs. This is currently the most commonly used option for non-surgical treatment of liver cancer.

The most basic treatment for liver cancer is surgery. For surgical treatment of liver cancer, it is mainly used in patients with relatively limited liver cancer, no extensive metastasis outside the liver, and the remaining liver function can meet the needs of the body. Compared with other treatment methods, this treatment method is the most thorough and effective method. Microwave ablation at the tumor site through color Doppler ultrasound under the skin or laparoscopy or under the guidance of other imaging examinations such as CT is the current treatment method for liver cancer. This therapy generally requires that the largest lesion in the liver does not exceed 5cm and 3cm abroad, and the number of lesions does not exceed 3. The blood supply of primary liver cancer is mainly supplied by the hepatic artery system. For the treatment of primary liver cancer, chemotherapy drugs and embolization of the hepatic artery can also be injected into the hepatic artery to reduce the volume of liver cancer and the number of liver cancer cells, and reduce the metastasis of liver cancer to other organs. This is currently the most commonly used option for non-surgical treatment of liver cancer.

The treatment of liver cancer advocates multimodal comprehensive treatment. With the improvement of medical level, the five-year survival rate of liver cancer has been greatly improved.