What are the options for the treatment of liver cancer?

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The liver is a very important metabolic organ in our body. If there is a malignant tumor in the liver, the consequences are very serious. The cancer cells of liver cancer will be transferred to other parts, suffering from liver cancer must be treated in time. Early liver cancer can be cured by timely treatment. If the best time to treat is missed, the stone will not work. The following is a brief introduction of various treatment methods for liver cancer.

What are the options for the treatment of liver cancer?

Surgical treatment. Surgery is the first choice for the treatment of liver cancer. The common surgical methods are radical hepatectomy, palliative hepatectomy and so on. This method is the most effective way to treat liver cancer. But surgical treatment can only be used for the treatment of early liver cancer. For liver cancer that has spread and metastasized, surgical treatment has no significance.

Chemotherapy. This method is suitable for patients who can not be operated. Chemotherapy is suitable for patients with advanced liver cancer. This method can kill cancer cells quickly. But it's not selective, and it kills normal cells. Therefore, this method is very toxic to the liver.

Radiotherapy. Radiotherapy is suitable for patients with good liver function, cancer cells have not metastasized to distant, and can not be removed by surgery. Radiotherapy also has side effects on the body. Biotherapy. Biotherapy refers to killing cancer cells by targeted drugs. This method can be targeted to kill cancer cells, so the effect is relatively good. Immune ribonucleic acid, interferon, interleukin-2 and Thymosin are commonly used drugs.

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In addition to the above treatment methods, patients can also use some traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions to alleviate the side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy and enhance immunity. There are many treatments for liver cancer. Different conditions need different treatments. Liver cancer is a very serious disease, so we must be alert to this disease, pay attention to protect our liver organs.