How long can primary liver cancer live after operation

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Liver cancer is a terrible disease. The harm of liver cancer to patients is relatively serious. Patients with liver cancer should receive treatment as soon as possible to avoid causing more serious harm to the body. Do you want to know how long primary liver cancer can live after operation?

How long can primary liver cancer live after operation

First of all: how long can primary liver cancer survive after surgery depends on the physical quality of patients. How long can advanced liver cancer survive depends not only on the timing, but also on the treatment method. The smaller the tumor, the higher the five-year survival rate.

Secondly, surgery is still the first choice for the eradication of multiple liver cancer, and the smaller the tumor, the higher the five-year survival rate. However, the effect of surgical treatment of advanced liver cancer is poor, the side effects of Western medicine are large, and the cost is high, which is difficult for many patients to bear.

Finally: primary liver cancer refers to the cancer growing directly from the liver. The treatment of liver cancer is mainly surgery, postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy. However, many patients are already in the late stage at the initial diagnosis, and it is not suitable for surgery for patients with huge masses or multiple metastases.

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Primary liver cancer can be divided into hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma and mixed hepatocellular carcinoma according to pathological classification. In China, the main type of the disease is hepatocellular carcinoma, accounting for more than 90% of primary liver cancer.