What is the best way to diagnose liver cancer? Four methods for diagnosing liver cancer

Liver cancer is a malignant tumor that is not easy to be discovered in time. This is usually because the symptoms in the early stage of the disease are not obvious, and it is not easy for patients to find that the disease has occurred, which leads to rapid deterioration of the condition. Therefore, when physical abnormalities occur, it is necessary to actively diagnose liver cancer.

Method 1: Positron Emission Tomography

This diagnostic examination method can help understand the overall condition and assess tumor metastasis, and can more comprehensively determine the tumor stage and prognosis. However, it is relatively expensive and is generally not used as the first choice.

Method 2: Liver Ultrasound Examination

Ultrasonic examination is a non-invasive examination that has no adverse effects on human tissue. It is simple to operate, intuitive and accurate, low-cost, convenient and non-invasive, and widely popular. It can be used to diagnose diseases and follow up after treatment.

Method 3: CT scan

Through abdominal CT, enhanced scanning can clearly show the size, number, shape, location, boundary, tumor blood supply and relationship with intrahepatic ducts of liver cancer, which is important for further clarifying the diagnosis, distinguishing it from other benign liver lesions, and clarifying the staging and grading of the disease, guiding treatment and judging prognosis.

Method 4: Liver-specific MRI

In clinical practice, liver-specific MRI is also the most commonly used diagnostic method. The examination can improve the detection rate of minor diseases and is of great help in distinguishing the disease from focal hyperplastic nodules of the liver, hepatic adenomas, etc.