What is the best method for treating liver cancer? Revealing the treatment principles of liver cancer at different stages

What is the best treatment for liver tumors?

With the occurrence of many tumors, I believe many patients want to know what is the best treatment for liver tumors. The following experts will introduce the best treatment for liver tumors, hoping to help everyone.

1. Ultrasound interventional therapy

Ultrasound interventional therapy can also be called local ablation, which includes radiofrequency ablation, microwave ablation, alcohol ablation, high-intensity focused ultrasound, cryotherapy and intratumoral radiotherapy. The first three are used more frequently and are one of the methods for treating liver tumors.

2. Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

What is the best way to treat liver tumors? Traditional Chinese medicine can play an important role in promoting body recovery, preventing recurrence and metastasis, improving quality of life, and prolonging survival.

3. Liver Transplantation

Liver transplantation is a new treatment method after the 1980s. It is a routine treatment method for liver tumors in patients in the middle and late stages. It is mainly suitable for patients without extrahepatic metastasis of the tumor.

Treatment principles for liver cancer at different stages

To improve the survival rate of liver cancer, the principles of treatment are very important. If doctors master the treatment principles of liver cancer, it will have a positive impact on the patient's prognosis. The treatment principles are different for different stages and types of liver cancer. Let's take a look at the treatment principles for different stages of liver cancer.

1. Treatment principles for subclinical liver cancer

Subclinical liver cancer means that AFp has increased, but the current detection methods cannot find the space-occupying lesions in the liver, and the liver function is normal or abnormal. People with normal liver function but continued increase in AFp are often subclinical liver cancer. People with elevated ALT often have the possibility of hepatitis. Treatment can be given with Chinese medicine to protect the liver. If liver cancer is found, surgery or local drug injection can be performed.

2. Treatment principles for small hepatocellular carcinoma

For small hepatocellular carcinoma tumors less than 3 cm, surgical resection is the main approach. For patients with severe liver cirrhosis, local drug injection can be performed under the guidance of B-ultrasound. Generally, anhydrous ethanol is injected into the tumor. After surgical resection of small hepatocellular carcinoma, due to the high recurrence rate after surgery, Chinese medicine, immune drugs or chemotherapy should be given after surgery.

3. Treatment principles for early liver cancer

For early-stage liver cancer, if the liver cancer is localized, liver function is normal, and liver cirrhosis is not severe, surgical resection is the first choice. If liver function is abnormal, the liver can be protected first, and surgery can be considered after liver function recovers. For patients with cancer thrombi in blood vessels, Chinese medicine and immunotherapy can be used after surgery, and intra-hepatic artery chemotherapy can also be considered.

IV. Treatment principles for mid-stage liver cancer

For patients with normal liver function in the middle stage of liver cancer, radical surgery should be performed. If the tumor cannot be removed, TACE (transarterial embolization), Chinese medicine, and biological therapy can be performed, and surgical resection can be attempted after the tumor is reduced. For tumors of 8-10 cm, radiotherapy can be used, and Chinese medicine can be used at the same time. Or anhydrous alcohol can be injected into the tumor, and TAE can also be performed. For tumors limited to about 13 cm, interventional therapy can be considered first, with intra-arterial injection of chemotherapy drugs or embolization, and radiotherapy can be performed after the tumor is reduced. If multiple lesions occur, radiotherapy or interventional therapy combined with radiotherapy can be considered. If the liver cancer lesions are diffuse and cirrhosis is severe, Chinese medicine can be used as the main treatment, combined with biological therapy or estrogen.

5. Treatment principles for advanced liver cancer

For patients with advanced liver cancer, when liver cancer is accompanied by ascites, jaundice, distant metastasis, etc., it is called the advanced stage. Palliative treatment is often adopted.

In general, although the treatment of liver cancer is difficult, the medical community has accumulated considerable experience in this regard, and has grasped different treatment principles for patients with different conditions. I believe there will be satisfactory results. The Gankang series of prescriptions developed by our institute have a good effect on liver cancer.