Is surgical treatment of liver cancer effective? Pay attention to these points when treating liver cancer

Nowadays, many people are afraid of cancer, especially liver cancer, which is very harmful. The treatment of liver cancer depends on the patient's condition. In the early stage of liver cancer, the effect of surgery is generally more obvious. But do you know about this method? We will introduce it to you below, hoping to help patients.

Surgery is the first choice for liver cancer treatment, which can achieve the goal of cure by completely removing tumor tissue. Modern liver surgery technology is becoming more and more advanced, and tumor size is not the key factor restricting surgery. Whether it can be removed and the efficacy of resection are not only related to the size and number of tumors, but also closely related to liver function, degree of cirrhosis, tumor location, tumor boundary, the presence or absence of complete capsule and venous tumor thrombus. Patients who undergo surgical resection are generally required to have good general condition, that is, no organic lesions of important organs such as heart, lungs, kidneys, normal or near-normal liver function, and specific objective liver function reserve assessment indicators, such as jaundice level, albumin level, indocyanine green retention rate, etc. At the same time, there are no extrahepatic tumor metastases, and the tumor location is limited, rather than multiple or diffuse distribution. The one-year survival rate after surgical resection of early liver cancer is more than 80%, and the five-year survival rate is more than 50%. If combined with comprehensive treatment after surgery, better results can be achieved.

In addition to liver resection, surgical treatment can also choose liver transplantation, especially for patients with small liver cancer with cirrhosis and liver decompensation, liver transplantation is the best choice. At present, about 4,000 liver transplants are performed in my country each year, of which the proportion of liver cancer patients is as high as 40%. There are many standards for the indications of liver transplantation for liver cancer, mainly focusing on the size, number, vascular invasion and lymph node metastasis of the tumor. In general, these standards are relatively consistent in terms of the requirements for no large blood vessel invasion, lymph node metastasis and extrahepatic metastasis, but the requirements for the size and number of tumors are not the same. Compared with the international liver transplantation standards for liver cancer, my country's standards have expanded the scope of indications for liver transplantation for liver cancer. Although liver cancer patients who exceed the standards may eventually relapse and metastasize after receiving liver transplantation, their quality of life and survival time are significantly better than other treatment methods. Therefore, a comprehensive judgment should be made based on the demand ratio of donors and recipients to select indications.

Surgical treatment has a certain effect, but this method is not suitable for everyone, so during the treatment process, patients must decide the treatment method based on their symptoms. During treatment, patients should also pay attention to their diet and not neglect the care of the disease in order to be effectively treated.