What are the clinical manifestations of primary liver cancer? Summary of primary liver cancer examination methods

Liver cancer is the third most common malignant tumor with a mortality rate second only to gastric cancer and esophageal cancer. Clinically, Western medicine surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy combined with traditional Chinese medicine are generally used for treatment. However, the cure rate of advanced patients is low due to the spread of cancer cells. Therefore, early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment of liver cancer are necessary. What are the hazards of primary liver cancer?

Primary liver cancer has caused great harm to many patients and caused them pain. The onset of liver cancer is hidden, with a relatively long incubation period, rapid development, high malignancy and high mortality rate. Clinical manifestations of primary liver cancer: liver pain, weight loss, fatigue, poor appetite, abdominal distension, jaundice, cancer fever. Physical signs include: hepatomegaly, upper abdominal mass, jaundice, ascites, lower limb edema and other manifestations of cirrhosis such as liver palms, spider nevi, and varicose veins of the abdominal wall.

Methods for primary liver cancer examination: liver function, serum alpha-fetoprotein, hepatitis B antigen and antibody; B-ultrasound or CT or magnetic resonance imaging or hepatic artery angiography or radionuclide imaging. Prevent misdiagnosis of primary liver cancer due to positive serum alpha-fetoprotein caused by pregnancy and childbirth, gonadal embryonal tumors, liver metastasis of gastric cancer and pancreatic cancer, hepatitis and cirrhosis.