How to prevent recurrence of bile duct cancer after surgery

Recurrence is a major problem in cancer treatment. Recurrence not only prolongs the patient's treatment time, increases treatment costs, and poses a great threat to the patient's physical and mental health, but recurrence is also an important cause of death in cancer patients, so special care is required. Surgical resection is a common treatment for bile duct cancer patients, so how to prevent recurrence after bile duct cancer surgery? It has received widespread attention from patients and their families.

Although surgery can directly remove the lesion, it can only remove the local visible lesion. There are still residual micro-lesions and metastatic lesions after surgery. Therefore, there is a chance of recurrence after bile duct cancer resection. Patients and their families must do a good job of nursing and prevention of recurrence after surgical resection, improve the patient's immune function, and enhance immunity and tolerance. They must also go to the hospital for follow-up regularly, just in case! So as not to affect the patient's survival time and quality of life.

To prevent recurrence of bile duct cancer after surgery, the following aspects should be taken into consideration:

1. Timely consolidation treatment

Consolidation treatment must be carried out in time after surgery. Clinically, common consolidation treatment methods after surgery include radiotherapy, chemotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine treatment. Since surgery causes great damage to the body, the patient's physical condition is weak after surgery, and radiotherapy and chemotherapy themselves have strong toxic side effects, the patient's tolerance must be considered when using radiotherapy and chemotherapy to avoid excessive treatment.

Traditional Chinese medicine is also a common consolidation treatment after surgery, and it is safe and has no toxic side effects. It can not only remove residual cancer cells, but also repair the damaged body, enhance the patient's immunity and resistance, reduce the chance of postoperative recurrence, and promote the patient's early recovery.

2. Do a good job in nursing

Good nursing care is an important part of the treatment process for patients with bile duct cancer and is of great significance to the patient's recovery. Dietary care and psychological care are the two most important nursing tasks for patients after surgery, and they must be done well after surgery.

Due to the consumption of the disease and the loss of surgery, the patient's body is very weak and needs to supplement nutrition through diet, improve physical fitness, enhance the body's immunity and resistance, and reduce the chance of postoperative recurrence. At this time, the patient is advised to eat more foods rich in protein, dietary fiber, and vitamins, such as beans, fresh fruits and vegetables, etc.

After surgery, patients often experience negative emotions such as pessimism and despair, which increases the postoperative recurrence rate and is not conducive to the patient's recovery. At this time, it is necessary to provide good psychological care, improve the patient's enthusiasm for fighting cancer, and enable the patient to maintain a positive and optimistic attitude.

3. Regular review

Since bile duct cancer is prone to recurrence after surgery, regular follow-up examinations are required after surgery. Through follow-up examinations, changes in the condition can be detected in time, which not only reduces the chance of postoperative recurrence, but also can be discovered in time even if recurrence occurs, thus avoiding the deterioration of the condition and affecting the patient's cure rate.

Generally, bile duct cancer patients need to be examined every three months in the first year after surgery, every six months in the second and third years, and once a year starting from the fourth year.

Therefore, relevant work must be done after surgery to reduce the chance of postoperative recurrence. Even if recurrence occurs, it may be discovered early, thus avoiding delaying the best time for treatment.