Is local ablation effective in treating liver cancer? What are the advantages of TCM in treating liver cancer?

Is local ablation effective for liver cancer?

Local ablation therapy is a treatment method that uses medical imaging technology to target and locate tumors, and directly kills tumor tissues locally using physical or chemical methods. It can be used to treat liver cancer.

Indications for local ablation in the treatment of liver cancer

Local ablation for liver cancer is usually suitable for single tumors with a maximum diameter of ≤5cm, or ≤3 tumors with a maximum diameter of ≤3cm; no invasion of blood vessels, bile duct and adjacent organs, and no distant metastasis; liver function grade is A or B. For single tumors with a diameter of >5cm that cannot be surgically removed, or multiple tumors with a maximum diameter of >3cm, local ablation can be used as part of palliative comprehensive treatment, but it needs to be strictly controlled.

Contraindications for local ablation in the treatment of liver cancer

Giant tumor or diffuse liver cancer; combined with portal vein trunk to secondary branch cancer thrombus or hepatic vein cancer thrombus, invasion of adjacent organs or distant metastasis; tumor located on the visceral surface of the liver, with more than 1/3 of the tumor exposed; liver function grade C; esophageal varicose vein bleeding within 1 month before treatment; uncorrectable coagulation dysfunction and obvious blood abnormalities, with obvious bleeding tendency; refractory large ascites, cachexia; combined with active

Infection, especially inflammation of the bile duct system; failure of important organs such as the liver, kidney, heart, lung and brain; patients with impaired consciousness or inability to cooperate with treatment.

Advantages of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Treating Liver Cancer

There are many ways to treat liver cancer, and TCM is one of them. Liver cancer is one of the most common diseases. How much do you know about the advantages of TCM in treating liver cancer? Below, experts will introduce the advantages of TCM in treating liver cancer.

1. The advantage of TCM in treating liver cancer is that it protects liver function to the maximum extent. The liver is the largest digestive gland in the human body, and its tasks are quite arduous. It participates in various digestive metabolism, absorption and utilization activities of the body. Once liver function is abnormal, a series of disorders such as sugar metabolism, protein metabolism, and fat metabolism will occur. Most liver cancer patients die of liver failure or massive gastrointestinal bleeding caused by portal hypertension due to abnormal liver function. TCM treatment is to restore and protect the liver to the maximum extent based on syndrome differentiation, and the focus is not on the tumor but on the improvement of symptoms. When the symptoms improve, the tumor will naturally stabilize or shrink.

2. Minimize complications. Hypersplenism is the most serious complication of most liver cancer patients. It can cause abnormal hematopoietic mechanism and coagulation dysfunction. In addition to portal hypertension, it causes highly varicose veins at the fundus of the stomach, which can easily cause massive gastrointestinal bleeding. Abnormal liver function can also lead to insufficient protein synthesis, low protein, and a large amount of ascites. Tumor compression can also cause bile excretion disorders and jaundice. Treatment using the characteristics of Chinese medicine such as strengthening the spleen and regulating qi, promoting digestion, softening and dispersing nodules can achieve the effect of reducing AFp, normalizing liver function, increasing phagocytes, T cells, and tumor necrosis factor, promoting the increase of patients' diet, eliminating ascites, removing jaundice, and controlling the continued growth of tumors. This is the advantage of Chinese medicine in treating liver cancer.