What kind of medical examination does liver cancer need to do

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Speaking of liver cancer, many friends are not strangers, because this disease is absolutely common. And because of the very difficult treatment of liver cancer, many patients are especially worried. And the incidence rate of liver cancer is also increasing. Regular examination can enable us to find liver cancer timely and control the condition of the body. Actually, liver cancer happens. Malignant tumors of the liver, including primary liver cancer and metastatic liver cancer, people often say that liver cancer refers to primary liver cancer, so what examination should be done?

What kind of medical examination does liver cancer need to do

1. The first one is to carry out ultrasound examination. B-ultrasound examination is economical and convenient. It can show the size, shape and location of the tumor, and the diagnostic accuracy is very high. The detection rate of liver lesions is also relatively high. This is an early detection method for liver cancer, which should not be ignored.

2. Then there is CT examination. It is an extremely important means to examine liver cancer with CT, and it is very common now. However, when the diameter of liver cancer is less than two centimeters or the density is similar to that of normal liver, CT is difficult to show. In addition, if liver cancer is diffuse, CT is not easy to show.

3. There is PET-CT examination, PET-CT is the early detection method of liver cancer, hepatitis B patients can consider examination. PET-CT is a functional molecular imaging system which integrates pet and CT. It can not only reflect the liver information by PET functional imaging, but also locate by CT morphological imaging.

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Finally, we have to say that the occurrence of liver cancer is absolutely terrible. Therefore, no matter who it is, they should pay special attention to their living habits to avoid such a terrible disease on their own.