Can liver cancer recur after radiotherapy in the late stage?

Can liver cancer recur after radiotherapy in the advanced stage?

1. After radiotherapy for advanced liver cancer, the role is to prevent the progression of the tumor. Of course, this is due to dosage reasons. If a radical cure can be achieved, the recurrence time may be greatly delayed. However, advanced liver cancer is an incurable tumor. Its main role is to prolong survival, relieve pain, and then improve the quality of life. Therefore, in radiotherapy for advanced liver cancer, it mainly plays a better control role rather than a radical cure.

2. Patients with advanced liver cancer can be treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Generally speaking, for advanced liver cancer, surgery has lost its value. If treatment is needed, it is usually radiotherapy and chemotherapy, or go to the hospital for genetic testing. If the target is found, targeted therapy or biological immunotherapy can be selected. Radiotherapy can be considered for advanced liver cancer.

Is right shoulder pain caused by liver cancer?

Many diseases can cause right shoulder pain, such as cholecystitis, gallstones, periarthritis of the shoulder, local trauma around the shoulder, skin, soft tissue, bone, and nerve diseases. Further examinations should be conducted in combination with medical history and physical signs to make a clear diagnosis.

Patients with advanced liver cancer may also experience right shoulder pain, which is caused by swollen liver, compression of muscles and nerves below the lungs. Right shoulder pain cannot rule out the possibility of liver tumors, but it is not necessarily liver cancer.