How long can liver cancer merge tumor thrombus to live

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I am advanced liver cancer, has been two years, in recent years has been in the hospital for treatment, tried a lot of treatment methods, but has no effect, recently went to the hospital review also found liver cancer with tumor thrombus. Now let's learn how long liver cancer with tumor thrombus can live.

How long can liver cancer merge tumor thrombus to live

First, transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is to reach the hepatic artery through arterial catheterization and inject embolic agents or anticancer drugs. It is often used in patients with unresectable middle and advanced liver cancer, which can control the disease and prolong the survival.

Second, once the portal vein cancer thrombus is formed, it will affect the normal hepatic blood supply, aggravate portal hypertension and cause intrahepatic dissemination. The median survival time of HCC patients with primary portal vein branch or main portal vein tumor thrombus was less than 3 months without treatment.

Third, patients with advanced liver cancer are in serious condition, with many complications and poor physical condition. Surgery is meaningless, and they can no longer bear the toxic and side effects of Western medical methods such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Therefore, the patients with advanced liver cancer can be treated conservatively with traditional Chinese medicine, in order to relieve the pain symptoms of patients and improve the quality of life.

matters needing attention

After early treatment, patients with liver cancer should also take proper daily care to speed up the recovery of body function. In daily diet, patients with liver cancer should eat regularly, quantitatively, less and more meals, so as to reduce the burden of gastrointestinal tract and eat more foods containing vitamins.