How long can one live with advanced liver cancer

How long can a patient with advanced liver cancer live? This is a question that concerns not only the patients but also their families. However, no one can give a definite answer to this question. Even the most authoritative doctors cannot give an exact time because the survival period of advanced cancer varies from person to person and is closely related to the later treatment and care.

Generally speaking, early liver cancer tumors are small and have not spread or metastasized. The most effective treatment is surgical resection. The 5-year survival rate after resection of early liver cancer can reach more than 60%. After surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, traditional Chinese medicine and other treatments can be used for a certain period of time to prevent recurrence.

Once the disease enters the late stage, especially after the tumor cells have spread, even surgical treatment may not achieve good results. At this time, it depends on the patient's own physical function. If the patient is strong and has a strong immune system, drug treatment can be used to maintain the patient's life to a certain extent. If the patient is weak and has low immunity, the patient's survival time will be reduced accordingly.

But in any case, we should have a good attitude and not live in panic because of fear of death, which will inevitably accelerate death. Therefore, the patient's family should often enlighten the patient and let him build confidence, which is very helpful to prolong survival time.