What does liver ca mean? Abbreviation for liver cancer

Liver CA is actually an abbreviation for liver cancer. In daily life, some doctors use liver CA instead of liver cancer to avoid irritation to patients, to protect patients, and not to increase the psychological burden on patients. This is also a humane approach. There are currently shell surgery and local ablation treatment methods for the treatment of liver cancer.

In hospitals, the handwriting of many doctors is often difficult to read. Some of the handwriting can only be understood by the doctors themselves. This phenomenon is actually a manifestation of doctors trying to gain more time to treat patients. So, if liver ca is found in the medical record, what does it mean? Let's find out below!
Sometimes, in order to conceal the patient's condition, when it is highly suspected that the patient has a liver tumor, liver CA is written, which means liver cancer. At this time, it is to protect the patient and do not want the patient to know the condition and increase the psychological burden. Therefore, the English abbreviation of cancer is CA. The condition is temporarily concealed to give the patient a psychological buffer period to accept it, and then the patient's family will be slowly infiltrated and informed later. So liver CA is the abbreviation of liver cancer. Sometimes writing liver CA does not necessarily mean a completely clear diagnosis. Liver CA is also written when there is suspicion. The later diagnosis must be combined with alpha-fetoprotein, ultrasound, and CT examinations to determine whether the patient has a malignant liver tumor.
Treatments for liver cancer
1. Surgery <br/>Generally speaking, surgical treatment of liver cancer is the most important means for liver cancer patients to obtain a longer survival period. Generally, surgical treatment of liver cancer mainly includes liver resection and liver transplantation.
Liver resection is mainly suitable for patients with stage I and II liver cancer. Some patients with stage III liver cancer can also consider surgery, but stage IV patients are generally not suitable for surgery. Doctors usually need to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the patient's general condition and liver function reserve before surgery.
2. Local ablation therapy <br/>Although surgery is the preferred treatment for liver cancer, in fact, many liver cancer patients are already in the middle or even late stage of liver cancer when they are diagnosed with liver cancer. In addition, they usually have liver cirrhosis. Therefore, only about 20% to 30% of patients have the opportunity to have the malignant tumor removed surgically. For those liver cancer patients who cannot receive surgical treatment, since liver cancer is a terminal illness and can only be treated as a last resort, local ablation therapy is a treatment method that can give them a new lease of life.