What are the key points in the treatment of liver cancer? What are the treatment methods of liver cancer that you should know?

There are many treatments for liver cancer, and each treatment has different characteristics. Most people don't know much about the treatment of liver cancer, which can easily lead to misunderstandings about liver cancer treatment. In this case, let's take stock of the types and key points of liver cancer treatment methods here.

Common treatments for liver cancer

Surgical resection. For most patients with early-stage liver cancer, liver cancer resection can be cured, because the tumor is small at this time and has not yet spread or metastasized. The most effective treatment is surgical resection. However, the specific effect needs to be evaluated based on the patient's physical condition and living conditions. Generally, the prognosis of surgical resection of early-stage liver cancer is related to the size of the tumor at the time of resection. The better the physical fitness and the smaller the tumor, the higher the five-year survival rate.

Traditional Chinese medicine treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine can be used as an adjuvant treatment for surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and other treatments. Comprehensive treatment of advanced liver cancer with Chinese and Western medicine as the main method is expected to improve symptoms and prolong survival.

Interventional therapy. Interventional therapy is TACE (transcatheter arterial chemoembolization), which is to use a catheter to puncture the groin artery (at the root of the thigh) and reach the liver to give drug treatment. This is the traditional interventional therapy. In fact, interventional therapy is a broad concept, which includes not only transcatheter arterial chemoembolization, but also ablation (cold ablation, hot ablation) and drug perfusion therapy, etc.

Cellular immunotherapy. Cellular immunotherapy is a method of inhibiting and treating tumors by stimulating the body's own immune system. It can make up for the shortcomings of traditional surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. While killing tumor cells, it regulates and restores the body's immune function, kills formed tumor cells, inhibits the formation of new tumor cells, and blocks the source of tumor recurrence and metastasis. It is the best method for treating liver cancer.

Radiotherapy. For patients who cannot receive radical treatments such as surgical resection or local radiofrequency ablation, if the tumor is localized, especially liver cancer located in the liver portal area, local radiotherapy can be considered. In addition, for patients with well-controlled liver lesions but uncontrolled portal vein tumor thrombi or inferior vena cava tumor thrombi, local radiotherapy can be performed for the tumor thrombi.

At the same time, what other aspects should we pay attention to in the treatment of liver cancer?

Key points for the treatment of liver cancer

If liver tumors are not treated for a long time, they often lead to complications such as jaundice, ascites, osteoporosis, multiple fractures, anemia, and thrombocytosis. Once a malignant tumor occurs in the liver, it will lead to serious life-threatening consequences. In addition, because the liver has a rich blood supply and is closely related to the important blood vessels of the human body, and because malignant liver tumors are insidious and grow rapidly, they are very difficult to treat. At present, the overall efficacy and prognosis are not very ideal.

Before surgery, a comprehensive evaluation should be conducted based on the size, location, liver function reserve, and overall condition of the patient to determine whether to choose anatomical liver resection. For patients with good liver reserve function, anatomical resection should be the first choice; for patients with poor liver reserve function, non-anatomical local resection should be performed to avoid liver failure after surgery.

Which treatment method should be chosen for liver cancer depends on the specific situation.