What is the treatment of liver cancer

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My aunt was found liver cancer, the condition is still early, mainly using surgery for treatment, the effect of recovery is good, as long as the method is appropriate, the prognosis is considerable. Let's take a look at the treatment of liver cancer.

What is the treatment of liver cancer

First, surgical treatment often depends on the patient's general condition, degree of liver cirrhosis, location and size of tumor, such as segmental hepatectomy, local hepatectomy, lobectomy, hemihepatectomy, trilobectomy, etc. However, the risk of surgical treatment is relatively low, the cost is high, and there will be more obvious side effects.

Second, liver transplantation is a more effective method for the treatment of liver cancer, but there are serious limitations, first of all, the lack of liver source, second, the operation risk, side effects, need lifelong medication maintenance, easy to produce immune rejection, there is also ethical pressure, the use is very limited.

Third: interventional therapy for liver cancer Interventional therapy refers to a kind of regional local chemotherapy by injecting anticancer drugs or embolic agents into the hepatic artery through femoral artery intubation. Interventional therapy has a certain curative effect, but the curative effect is not satisfactory for patients with large tumor mass, and the normal liver cells are still damaged, and a few patients even have liver dysfunction.

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There are many treatments for liver cancer, and the key is to choose the right one according to the patient's condition. In addition, the usual appropriate exercise, not fatigue is appropriate, so that their own immunity gradually enhanced, the body and liver can play a protective role.