Can liver cancer be cured in its early stages? How to screen for liver cancer in its early stages?

Liver cancer is a very scary disease, and many people are terrified of cancer. But in fact, the physical damage caused to patients by cancers that develop to different stages is very different, and the chances of cure are also very different. Therefore, it is recommended that patients relax their minds, actively seek medical treatment, complete relevant examinations and stage liver cancer. As we all know, the early stage of liver cancer is a relatively mild stage. If liver cancer can be successfully cured, the hope at this stage is relatively large. So can liver cancer be cured in the early stage? How to do early screening for liver cancer? The following is a detailed answer from Guo Rongping, chief physician of the Cancer Prevention and Treatment Center of Sun Yat-sen University.

Can liver cancer be cured in its early stages?

Liver cancer can be cured in the early stages. Early liver cancer can be cured through surgery, radiofrequency, transplantation and other methods, but it is difficult to cure in the middle and late stages. There are also many combined treatments for the middle and late stages, which can give some patients the opportunity to survive for a long time, such as interventional surgery, radiotherapy, targeted drugs, chemotherapy, etc. Now there are more patients who have a longer survival time and a better quality of life through multidisciplinary treatment.

How to do early screening for liver cancer?

There are two ways to screen for liver cancer early: one is a general survey, and the other is screening of high-risk groups. It is difficult to detect liver cancer through ordinary health examinations, because health examinations mainly focus on routine items such as cardiovascular, diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease, but health examinations can help detect cancer early. The screening method is very simple. High-risk groups undergo about 1 to 2 examinations a year, mainly B-ultrasound and blood tests. B-ultrasound can see whether there are abnormal lesions in the liver, and blood tests can be used to screen for tumor markers, provide some auxiliary diagnosis for the clinic, and help detect malignant lesions in certain parts of the body early. Therefore, it is recommended that the public should also pay attention to cancer prevention screening.

Through Dr. Guo Rongping's detailed explanation, we learned that if patients with early liver cancer can receive reasonable treatment, there is a high possibility of radical cure. Therefore, patients must pay attention to liver cancer screening. The earlier liver cancer is diagnosed and the earlier intervention treatment is, the higher the possibility of successful survival. Patients can choose to have a census or screening according to their personal circumstances. Healthy patients can complete census regularly, while those with poor health, chronic liver disease, and multiple liver cancer patients among their relatives should choose targeted screening.