How is advanced liver cancer treated? Three common treatments for advanced liver cancer

1. Surgical treatment. In the late stage of liver cancer, not only have most of the cancer cells spread and metastasized, but also the patients have more severe systemic symptoms and relatively poor physical fitness. Therefore, only 10%-15% of the patients with late stage liver cancer have the opportunity to undergo surgical resection. Moreover, the patients' life and quality of life after surgical resection are poor. Therefore, surgical resection is not recommended for the treatment of late stage liver cancer.

2. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy have a more direct therapeutic effect on liver cancer, and can shrink tumors and alleviate symptoms to a certain extent. However, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are also very harmful to patients, suppressing the body's immunity, causing damage and harm to human functions, and causing many complications.

3. Treatment with Traditional Chinese Medicine. When liver cancer is in the early stage and liver cirrhosis is present, liver cancer surgery is more likely to cause liver damage or even severe liver failure. In addition, when liver cancer is located near the liver hilum, surgery is also more dangerous. Finally, when the elderly and frail cannot withstand liver cancer surgery, conservative treatment with traditional Chinese medicine is generally used. The disadvantage is that the treatment course is long and the effect is not obvious.