Is chemotherapy effective for advanced liver cancer? It has a certain effect

Late stage liver cancer is a very serious stage of liver cancer. The treatment of liver cancer at this stage includes chemotherapy. However, most liver cancers are already in the late stage when they are examined. Even if chemotherapy is chosen, the cure effect is not very ideal. In many cases, doctors will also take interventional treatments, which can prolong the patient's survival time.

Liver cancer is a highly malignant tumor. When most patients are diagnosed with liver cancer, it is already in the advanced stage and has lost the indication for surgical treatment. They can only choose conservative treatment, including intravenous chemotherapy, interventional treatment and other measures. The dose of intravenous chemotherapy drugs is relatively large, which has a significant impact on the patient's overall condition. Because hepatocellular carcinoma is less sensitive to chemotherapy drugs, the treatment effect may not be ideal. For advanced liver cancer, in addition to intravenous chemotherapy, interventional treatment is also effective and can effectively prolong the patient's survival.

Is chemotherapy effective for advanced liver cancer?

95% of liver cancer patients have lost the chance of 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 administration route of chemotherapy has been changed, and hepatic artery chemotherapy and embolization have been performed, which has significantly improved the chemotherapy effect of liver cancer. It is currently believed that catheter chemotherapy is better than systemic combined chemotherapy, and combined chemotherapy is better than single-drug chemotherapy. Hepatic artery catheter chemotherapy is considered to be the best treatment for patients with liver cancer who are not suitable for surgery.

Radiotherapy for advanced liver cancer

In recent years, with the progress of research in radiation physics and radiation physiology, radiotherapy equipment has been developed, using cobalt 60 gamma rays or X-rays and high-energy rays from electron linear accelerators, and the irradiation methods and ranges for liver cancer have also been improved. From the original whole liver irradiation-local irradiation-whole liver mobile radiotherapy-surgical positioning 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 radiotherapy and internal radiotherapy.