Is chemotherapy useful for advanced liver cancer?

Is chemotherapy useful for advanced liver cancer?

1. Chemotherapy is also useful for advanced liver cancer, and it needs to be judged according to the specific situation. Sometimes chemotherapy can reduce the size of the tumor and delay the progression and metastasis of the disease. Active treatment is also needed.

2. Liver cancer is a common malignant tumor in clinical practice. Its etiology is related to viral hepatitis, alcoholic cirrhosis, aflatoxin, diabetes and the patient's own genetic factors. Advanced liver cancer usually spreads to other organs.

Dietary considerations after liver cancer surgery

Patients with early liver cancer and surgical treatment can eat normally if they have no special symptoms, but should pay attention to eating less greasy food, such as fat, fried food, etc., and not eat too salty food. They usually do not drink alcohol or smoke, and regularly check the liver with color Doppler ultrasound or liver CT.

Liver transplant patients need to take immunosuppressive drugs for a long time after surgery, so they should avoid eating foods and drugs that affect the metabolism of such drugs, such as grapefruit, kiwi, etc., which affect the metabolism of liver enzymes in the body.

The main thing is to appropriately increase the energy supply, pay attention to eating foods that produce less gas and are easily digestible, and reasonably match protein foods, carbohydrates and foods rich in vitamins.