What are the advantages and disadvantages of interventional treatment for liver cancer? Detailed description of the advantages and disadvantages of interventional treatment for liver cancer

Interventional treatment of liver cancer is a minimally invasive treatment method that creates a tiny channel with a diameter of several millimeters in the blood vessels or skin, or through the body's original channels, and treats the lesion locally under the guidance of imaging equipment (angiography, fluoroscopy, CT, MR, B-ultrasound) without exposing the lesion through surgery.

The advantages of interventional treatment for liver cancer are as follows:

1. The efficacy is definite. Successful treatment can show a rapid decrease in AFp, reduction in mass, and relief of pain.

2. Scientific mechanism: The local drug concentration of interventional therapy is dozens of times higher than that of systemic chemotherapy, and the blood supply to the tumor is blocked. Therefore, the two-pronged approach has good efficacy and less toxicity than systemic chemotherapy;

3. Interventional treatment of liver cancer is simple, easy, safe and reliable;

4. The elderly, the weak, and those with certain diseases can also undergo the procedure without general anesthesia and must remain awake;

5. The diagnostic imaging is clear and can be repeated, which is convenient for multiple comparisons;

6. For some liver cancers, the size can be reduced and then resected in two steps;

7. It can be used as one of the important means of comprehensive treatment of advanced tumors;

8. The cost of interventional treatment for liver cancer is relatively low.

The disadvantages of treatment are as follows:

1. The side effects of interventional therapy for liver cancer are not satisfactory for patients with large cancer masses.

2. Despite super-selective entry, there are still obvious side effects, with the digestive tract reacting the most, causing discomfort to the human body.

3. The side effects of interventional therapy for liver cancer make it difficult for patients to undergo further treatment.

4. Patients with portal vein cancer thrombus should consider removing the cancer thrombus as appropriate.

5. The operation for liver cancer patients goes smoothly. However, due to high-pressure injection and other reasons, it may cause accidental thrombosis, shunting and inevitable micro-metastasis.