How to prevent liver cancer? Eating more of these foods can prevent liver cancer

Primary liver cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors in clinical practice, 90% of which are hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and other pathological types include cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) and mixed liver cancer. Liver cancer is commonly known as the "king of cancers."

The main high-incidence areas of liver cancer are China, Southeast Asia, southeastern Africa and the Mediterranean coast. Compared with liver cancer in other parts of the world, patients with liver cancer in the Asia-Pacific region, especially in my country, have a shorter survival and worse prognosis. The main reason is that liver cancer in the East and the West is highly heterogeneous, with significant differences in etiology, staging, malignant biological behavior (clinical manifestations) and diagnosis and treatment strategies. Therefore, many scholars believe that they should be regarded as "two diseases." It is very necessary to design large-scale clinical studies specifically for Asian populations, especially Chinese patients, to explore suitable diagnosis and treatment plans. Therefore, it can be said that liver cancer is a "tumor with Chinese characteristics."

Liver cancer is prevalent in my country, with the incidence and mortality rates ranking first in the world, exceeding half of the world's total; liver cancer ranks second among the causes of cancer deaths in my country. There are more than 430,000 new cases of liver cancer every year. To this end, the Ministry of Health has set up a liver cancer expert group, formulated diagnostic and treatment standards, and is organizing a nationwide liver cancer case registration and adjusting strategic decisions.

For liver cancer, more emphasis is placed on multidisciplinary collaboration and multi-method treatment. In terms of radical treatment, surgery is the first choice, including liver resection and liver transplantation. For early liver cancer, local ablation technology can also be used; in palliative treatment, local ablation and interventional treatment are often used. In other words, it is a local manifestation based on systemic disease, which cannot be cured by surgery and other local treatments alone; and neither radical resection nor liver transplantation can prevent its recurrence. In my country, most liver cancer patients (85%) have reached the middle and late stages of the Barcelona Liver Cancer Clinical Stage (BCLC Stage) when diagnosed, and 78% of patients have liver diseases (mainly hepatitis B and cirrhosis), and cannot undergo surgery, local ablation or interventional treatment. The one-year mortality rate is as high as 90%.

So, how can we prevent liver cancer in our daily life? Experts say that eating more foods containing vitamins can prevent liver cancer.

The dietary principles and foods that should be eaten in daily life for liver cancer include:

1. Eat more foods containing vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, fresh vegetables and fruits.

2. Eat food at regular times, in fixed quantities, and in small and frequent meals.

3. Eat foods that have anti-cancer effects regularly, such as kale, cabbage, carrots, garlic, vegetable oil, etc.

4. Food intake should be low in fat and high in protein, such as lean meat, eggs, yogurt, etc.

5. Eat fresh food and avoid moldy or spoiled food.

6. Keep bowel movements smooth by eating fiber-rich foods or drinking honey.

7 Foods suitable for daily life may include: eggs, milk, soy milk, lotus root powder, fruit juice, vegetable juice, etc.

Foods that liver cancer patients should avoid in their daily lives include:

1. Avoid overeating, fried, salted, smoked and grilled food.

2. Avoid smoking and drinking.

3. Avoid eating foods that are too strong, too sour, too sweet, too salty, too cold, too hot, or contain too much gas.

4. Avoid eating moldy or spoiled food, such as salted fish, pickled vegetables, etc.

5. Avoid eating rough, hard, indigestible foods and foods containing crude fiber.

6. Avoid eating spicy and irritating foods, such as pepper, chili, cinnamon, etc.