Can advanced liver cancer be cured? How to treat it

In the late stage of liver cancer, there will be targeted treatment, which also needs to be measured according to the condition and the patient's physical condition. Patients with advanced liver cancer should actively receive treatment. If they give up early, there will be no chance of cure. Only by persistence can they win.

1. Radiation therapy

In recent years, with the progress of research in radiation physics and radiation physiology, radiotherapy equipment has been improved, and the use of cobalt-60 gamma rays or X-rays and high-energy rays from electron linear accelerators has also improved the irradiation methods and scope of liver cancer. From the original whole liver irradiation-local irradiation-whole liver mobile radiotherapy-surgically positioned local irradiation and hyperfractionated irradiation, the radiotherapy effect of liver cancer has been significantly improved, and the side effects have been reduced to the lowest level. It mainly includes external radiation therapy and internal radiation therapy.

2. Chemotherapy

95% of liver cancer patients have lost the opportunity for surgery when diagnosed, and most liver cancer patients still rely on chemotherapy. In the past, chemotherapy for liver cancer was not highly evaluated, especially systemic administration, which had little effect. In recent years, the route of chemotherapy administration has been changed to hepatic artery chemotherapy and embolization, which has significantly improved the chemotherapy effect of liver cancer. It is currently believed that intubation chemotherapy is superior to systemic combined chemotherapy, and combined chemotherapy is superior to single-drug chemotherapy. Hepatic artery catheterization chemotherapy is considered to be the best treatment for patients with liver cancer who are not suitable for surgery.

3. Interventional radiology

The interventional radiology technique of percutaneous superselective hepatic arterial chemotherapy and embolization, which emerged in the 1980s and has developed rapidly, plays a vital role. Whether it is the treatment of early localized liver cancer or mid-to-late stage liver cancer, this interventional radiology technology is a decisive treatment method and is indispensable.