Liver Cancer Treatment

Therapeutic options. Of liver cancer depends on several things such as tumors originating in the liver, the spread of cancer, liver function, age and general health. It is important to talk about their feelings and preferences of treatment with your doctor.

Surgery. If the cancer has spread, and you're healthy, surgical resection of the liver may benefit. This involves removing part of the liver, is found in cancer. This process will heal, even if there is a chance that the cancer will return.

Liver. If you have advanced liver disease and only a few tumors, may be the treatment of liver transplantation therapy of choice.

Unfortunately, it can immediately liver blood for your body type, then you will be placed on the waiting list.

Trans-arterial chemotherapy - embolization (Tas). Yet it offers a high concentration of drug to the tumor itself and blocks blood flow.

The result is a larger quantity of the drug in contact with the tumor for a longer period.

If the cancer has not spread, but you're not good enough for the analysis, there are different procedures for damage or kill tumors of the liver. First, the doctor uses ultrasound to a thin instrument through the skin lead to liver cancer. The unit uses a variety of methods to kill cancer cells.

Pollution Percutaneous ethanol (PEI) with ethanol (alcohol);

Cryosurgery with liquid nitrogen, which is cold extreamely;

Frequency ablation (RFA) uses high frequency electrical power, heat, creating that kills cancer cells.

Systemic therapy. Is an oral drug used to increase both the cancer cells and inhibit blood flow to tumors.