Are there any symptoms in the first 3 months of liver cancer? Can liver cancer be treated with interventional therapy?

Liver cancer is a relatively serious disease in the liver system. We know that the liver is a very strong metabolic organ in our body and is one of the components of the digestive system. Once the liver is diseased, we will have some symptoms of the digestive system. Once cancer occurs, we must go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time to see the cancer and then receive treatment as soon as possible. Now, Zhang Lei, chief physician of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, will answer questions related to liver cancer, hoping to be helpful to everyone.

Are there any symptoms of liver cancer in the first 3 months?

There may be no symptoms in the earliest three months of liver cancer. One of the scary things about liver cancer is that it has no obvious early symptoms. This is because the liver is an organ with a strong compensatory function and is also the largest internal organ in the human body. A tumor of several centimeters will not have a big impact on the overall liver function. In this case, the patient may have no symptoms at all. Therefore, by the time symptoms are discovered for many liver cancers, it is already in the middle stage or beyond.

What is interventional treatment for liver cancer?

Interventional treatment of liver cancer is because liver tumors are very special. The liver has dual blood supply, portal vein and hepatic artery, but liver tumors mainly come from the hepatic artery. At this time, a cannula is inserted into the patient's hepatic artery, and drugs or spring coils, gel sponges, or oil are plugged into the blood vessels supplying the liver. At the same time, some chemotherapy drugs can be carried, so that the drugs can stay in the tumor for a long time. This is the principle of interventional treatment.

How many times can interventional treatment for liver cancer be performed?

Zhang Lei pointed out that interventional treatment for liver cancer can be done twice. According to the intervention of the hepatic artery, generally speaking, the effect of the first two times is relatively good, but because it is implemented through the blood vessels, after a few more times, the blood vessels will slowly be blocked, and the liver is prone to new blood vessels. These new blood vessels have no way to enter, but they will cause tumor growth. Therefore, generally speaking, after three interventional treatments, the effect may be relatively poor. Therefore, interventional means is one of the main means of treating liver cancer, but it is not a radical means.

The treatment of liver cancer is mainly based on surgery, but interventional therapy is also a good method. It has also been found clinically that interventional therapy can inhibit the development of cancer cells and is very helpful in controlling the disease. However, we still need to listen to the advice of professional doctors about how to treat it. Doctors will give scientific and reasonable treatment plans, and we must actively cooperate.