What are the advantages of interventional treatment for liver cancer? 7 advantages of interventional treatment for liver cancer

Interventional treatment of liver cancer refers to a type of regional chemotherapy in which anticancer drugs or embolic agents are injected into the hepatic artery via femoral artery catheterization. It is currently the preferred method for non-laparotomy treatment of liver cancer, and its efficacy has been confirmed. Liver cancer has become one of the major diseases that endangers society and human health, and it has brought great pain and distress to humans. In order to reduce the incidence of liver cancer, interventional treatment of liver cancer is very necessary. What are the advantages and disadvantages of interventional treatment of liver cancer?

Disadvantages of interventional therapy

1. Liver cancer's main blood supply depends on the hepatic artery, but the cancer mass is surrounded by the portal vein, so cancer cells can "survive in peace".

2. The operation is somewhat difficult. The catheter should be placed in the blood supply artery in a selective manner to achieve the best effect. However, sometimes it is difficult to enter the hepatic artery. However, some liver cancers can be supplied by multiple blood vessels.

3. Despite super-selective access, there are still obvious side effects. According to the data analysis of our hospital, the most common reactions are in the gastrointestinal tract.

4. Patients with portal vein cancer thrombus should consider removing the cancer thrombus as appropriate.

5. Even if the superselective operation is carried out smoothly, due to reasons such as high-pressure injection, it may cause accidental embolism, shunting and inevitable micro-metastasis.

6. Normal liver cells are still damaged, and a few patients even suffer from liver dysfunction.

7. The therapeutic effect is not satisfactory for patients with large cancer masses.

8. Some patients’ blood vessels are blocked after one treatment, making further operations difficult.

Advantages of interventional treatment

1. The efficacy is definite. Successful treatment can show a rapid decrease in AFp, reduction in mass, and relief of pain.

2. Scientific mechanism: The local drug concentration of interventional therapy is dozens of times higher than that of systemic chemotherapy, and the blood supply to the tumor is blocked. Therefore, the two-pronged approach has good efficacy and less toxicity than systemic chemotherapy;

3. Interventional treatment of liver cancer is simple, easy, safe and reliable;

4. The elderly, the weak, and those with certain diseases can also undergo the procedure without general anesthesia and must remain awake;

5. The diagnostic imaging is clear and can be repeated, which is convenient for multiple comparisons;

6. For some liver cancers, the size can be reduced and then resected in two steps.

7. It can be used as one of the important means of comprehensive treatment of advanced tumors.

8. The cost of interventional treatment for liver cancer is relatively low.