What to do if you have pain in late stage liver cancer?

Patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma who have liver pain should be given appropriate analgesics such as oxycodone hydrochloride sustained-release tablets and ibuprofen sustained-release tablets. Step therapy is generally divided into three stages: ① Main non-opioid analgesics, including aspirin and celecoxib; Due to the spread of the tumor, patients with advanced liver cancer cannot undergo surgical resection and can only receive conservative treatment, so analgesics can also be added to comprehensive treatment to relieve pain symptoms.

How is primary liver cancer staged?

According to the 2019 edition of the Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines for Primary Liver Cancer, the staging standards for liver cancer include CNLC stage Ia, stage Ib, stage IIa, stage IIb, stage IIIa, stage IIIb, and stage IV. The staging standard for primary liver cancer is that the liver cancer is within 2 cm. The specific TNM staging of primary liver cancer issued by the International Union Against Cancer is as follows:

How long does chemotherapy for liver cancer last?

Liver cancer patients need chemotherapy once a day at an interval of 25-30 days. Generally, it needs to be performed once a day at an interval of 25-30 days. Patients need to undergo interventional perfusion chemotherapy or interventional perfusion chemotherapy embolization. Patients need to start interventional perfusion chemotherapy one month after surgery. After interventional perfusion chemotherapy, patients also need to have blood drawn in time to check liver function and blood routine. Patients with advanced liver cancer or those who are not suitable for surgical resection mainly receive targeted therapy, systemic chemotherapy, local therapy, interventional therapy and radiotherapy. Chemotherapy takes 5 to 6 days.