Symptoms of liver cancer cell spread

Through observation and comparison, it is found that liver cancer and esophageal cancer have similar characteristics. They are not easy to be discovered by patients in the early stage of the disease. When the disease is diagnosed, it is likely to be in the middle or even late stage. And in the late stage, it is easy for cancer cells to spread and metastasize. Next, let's look at the spread and metastasis of late-stage liver cancer.

Diffusion 1: Direct Infiltration

Through clinical diagnosis and observation, it was found that this disease generally rarely causes direct infiltration of adjacent organs, but occasionally it can directly spread and infiltrate adjacent tissues and organs, such as the diaphragm, stomach, colon, omentum, etc.

Diffusion 2: Planting transfer

Implantation metastasis occasionally occurs clinically, such as implantation in the retroperitoneum to form bloody ascites, and women may also have ovarian metastatic cancer.

Spread 3: Lymphatic metastasis

Clinically, local metastasis to the hilar lymph nodes is the most common symptom. It can also metastasize to the supraclavicular, para-aortic, pancreatic, splenic and other lymph nodes. Lymphatic metastasis is the most common form of cholangiocarcinoma metastasis, which only accounts for 12% of the total number of metastases.

Spread 4: Hematogenous metastasis

In the early stage of the disease, hematogenous metastasis is the most common symptom, which can invade the portal vein and form tumor thrombi. Tumor thrombi that fall off in the liver can cause multiple metastatic lesions. Tumor thrombi that block the main trunk of the portal vein can cause portal hypertension and refractory ascites. After invading the hepatic vein, liver cancer cells can enter the systemic circulation and metastasize outside the liver, with the highest metastasis rate to the lungs. It can also metastasize to various parts of the body through the blood, and is more common in organs such as the adrenal glands, bones, kidneys, and brain.

Introduced above are the symptoms of the spread of advanced liver cancer. The occurrence of these symptoms is very detrimental to the patient's condition, and can easily lead to a rapid deterioration of the disease and affect the treatment effect, so they must be dealt with actively.