Is liver cancer radiotherapy effective

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My uncle has been suffering from liver cancer for a period of time. He often coughs blood in his daily life. Recently, he went to the hospital for radiotherapy treatment. Now his condition has been controlled to a certain extent. For patients with liver cancer, early detection and early treatment should be achieved. Now I will tell you about the effect of radiotherapy for liver cancer .

Is liver cancer radiotherapy effective

First of all: radiotherapy is one of the most important treatment methods for malignant tumor, which plays an important role in the comprehensive treatment of liver cancer. As a local treatment, the ideal state of radiotherapy is to give enough radiation dose to all tumor tissues, kill tumor cells to the greatest extent and protect normal tissues to the greatest extent.

Secondly, most of the patients with primary liver cancer have lost the opportunity of surgery, and only 15% - 20% of them have indications for surgery. Radiotherapy is particularly important for those who can not be operated and have tumor thrombus in the main portal vein or tumor adjacent to large blood vessels, bile ducts, hepatic ducts and other non-surgical treatments.

Finally, the accumulation of radiotherapy experience and reasonable application of radiation dose are the key to improve the overall cure rate and quality of life of primary liver cancer. Intensity modulated radiation therapy and image-guided radiation therapy will also improve the level of radiotherapy for liver cancer.

matters needing attention

For patients with liver cancer this disease, to achieve early detection and early treatment, but also have a positive and optimistic attitude to the treatment of this disease, in daily life should also be timely to correct some bad habits, in the diet to avoid contact with spicy and other stimulating food, you can use some fresh fruits and vegetables.