What are the treatments for liver cancer? The three most effective treatments for liver cancer

Experts say that the incidence of liver cancer is getting higher and higher, so we should be vigilant in life. Knowing more common knowledge about liver cancer in life will be of great help in prevention and early detection of the disease. So how can we detect liver cancer through changes in the body?

If the liver is invaded by cancer cells, the fuel supply of the whole body will be reduced, resulting in a lack of heat energy, which will cause fatigue and easy exhaustion. If you are just tired or lazy, it may be that you have a cold or are overly tired. How to self-examine for liver cancer is very important. Few people do not realize that they may have liver cancer, so the disease is delayed.

If the cancerous tissue is slightly larger, it may cause a dull feeling in the pit of the stomach or a dull pain in the upper right part of the abdomen. Even if it does not reach the level of pain, there will be a sense of oppression and discomfort. How to self-check for liver cancer can be determined from the following points. When suffering from liver cancer, there are often symptoms caused by stomach disorders, including loss of appetite, nausea, fullness after eating, and stomach discomfort. If you lose weight, have an unexplained fever from time to time, and develop jaundice, you must go to the hospital for diagnosis by methods such as alpha-fetoprotein, B-ultrasound, CT, and X-ray hepatic angiography.

Common symptoms of liver cancer

Jaundice: It usually appears in the late stage and can be caused by liver cell damage, or by compression or invasion of the bile duct near the liver porta hepatis by the cancer mass, or by bile duct obstruction caused by the detachment of cancer tissue and blood clots.

Signs of liver cirrhosis: Patients with liver cancer and portal hypertension may have splenomegaly, ascites, and venous collateral circulation. The ascites increases rapidly and is usually transudate. Bloody ascites is often caused by cancer invading the liver capsule or rupturing into the abdominal cavity, and occasionally by peritoneal metastasis.

Systemic manifestations of malignant tumors include progressive weight loss, fever, loss of appetite, fatigue, malnutrition and cachexia. A small number of patients with liver disease may have special systemic manifestations, called paraneoplastic syndrome, with hypoglycemia and polycythemia being the most common, and other rare ones include hypercalcemia, hyperlipidemia, carcinoid, etc.

Symptoms of metastatic lesions: If metastasis occurs to the lungs, bones, chest cavity, etc., corresponding symptoms may occur. Chest cavity metastasis is more common on the right side, and there may be signs of pleural effusion.

Treatments for liver cancer

It is important to master the self-examination methods of liver cancer patients and have a certain understanding of the main treatment methods. So, what are the main treatment methods for liver cancer?

1. Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is a relatively good method and an auxiliary treatment method. It is also one of the methods for treating liver cancer. It is currently believed that intubation chemotherapy is better than systemic combined chemotherapy, and combined chemotherapy is better than single-drug chemotherapy. Chemical drugs have large side effects and are prone to cause digestive tract reactions such as nausea and vomiting, bone marrow suppression and other side effects. Patients with poor physical fitness may not even be able to bear it and need to interrupt treatment. In order to avoid and reduce the side effects of chemotherapy and alleviate adverse reactions in patients, traditional Chinese medicine is often combined with chemotherapy for comprehensive treatment of liver cancer.

2. Radiotherapy

Radiotherapy is also the main method at present, but it has side effects. Radiotherapy is also an effective method for treating liver cancer, but the side effects can be great. Liver cancer radiotherapy methods mainly include external radiotherapy and internal radiotherapy, but like chemotherapy, radiotherapy also has great side effects, such as causing skin reactions, hair loss and other side effects in patients, which brings great pain to patients. Therefore, the strengthening effect of traditional Chinese medicine is still needed to help reduce the side effects of radiotherapy, enhance the patient's own resistance, and make the treatment go smoothly.

3. Surgical treatment

Surgery is still the main treatment and is currently the preferred treatment method. It can generally be cured. Of course, if the patient is in good physical condition in the middle and late stages, the tumor is small, and the metastasis site is single, palliative surgical resection can also be considered, but it is not recommended. Commonly used surgical treatments for liver cancer include surgical resection of liver cancer and various local treatments during surgery that cannot be removed. Surgery, as a local treatment method, is not easy to be thorough, has great trauma, and some hidden cancer cells are not easy to remove, and are prone to complications and recurrence. Therefore, consolidation treatment methods should continue to be used after surgery, such as traditional Chinese medicine treatment, or radiotherapy and chemotherapy can be used if the patient's physical condition is still good, but there are certain side effects.