Treatments for primary liver cancer depends on the extent (stage) of disease, as well as your general health and personal preferences.
The goal of any treatment is to remove the tumor completely. When this is not possible, the focus would be to prevent the cancer to grow and spread. In some cases, the only comfort is the appropriate treatment. In this situation, the goal of treatment is to eliminate or slow the disease but relieves the symptoms, making you as comfortable as possible.
Treatment options for liver cancer may include:
Surgery to remove part of the liver. Your doctor may recommend surgery to remove the surface of liver cancer and a small portion of healthy tissue surrounding the tumor is small and if liver function is good.
Liver transplant surgery. During surgery, liver transplant, your diseased liver is removed and replaced with a healthy liver from a donor. The liver transplant surgery may be an option for some people with liver cancer early stage.
The freezing of the tumor cells. Cryoablation uses extreme cold to destroy cancer cells. During the procedure, the doctor places an instrument (cryoprobe) containing liquid nitrogen directly to liver tumors. Ultrasound images are used to guide the cryoprobe and monitor the freezing of the cells.
Heating cancer cells. In a procedure called radiofrequency ablation, the electrical current is used to heat and destroy cancer cells. Using ultrasound or CT guidance, the surgeon inserts a thin needle or more small incisions in the stomach. When the needles reach the tumor, are heated by electricity, destroying cancer cells.
The alcohol injection into the tumor. During the injection of alcohol is pure alcohol is injected directly into tumors, or through the skin or during an operation. Alcohol causes tumor cells to die.
Injection of chemotherapy drugs in the liver. Chemoembolization is a type of chemotherapy treatment that supplies strong anti-cancer drugs directly to the liver. During the procedure, chemotherapy drugs injected into the hepatic artery - the artery from which liver cancers derive their blood supply - and then the artery is blocked. This reduces the blood supply to cancer cells and deliver chemotherapy drugs to cancer cells.
Radiotherapy. This treatment uses energy beams of high power to destroy cancer cells and shrink tumors. During radiation treatment, you lie on a table and a machine directs the energy beam at a specific point on your body. Radiation therapy for liver cancer can involve a technique called stereotactic radiosurgery, which also focuses many beams of radiation at some point in the body. Side effects of radiation can include fatigue, nausea and vomiting.
Targeted drug therapy. Sorafenib (Nexavar) is targeted drugs designed to interfere with the tumor's ability to produce new blood vessels. Sorafenib has been shown to slow or stop the progression of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma in a few months longer than those without treatment. Further studies are needed to understand how this and other targeted therapies may be used for control of advanced cancer of the liver.
The goal of any treatment is to remove the tumor completely. When this is not possible, the focus would be to prevent the cancer to grow and spread. In some cases, the only comfort is the appropriate treatment. In this situation, the goal of treatment is to eliminate or slow the disease but relieves the symptoms, making you as comfortable as possible.
Treatment options for liver cancer may include:
Surgery to remove part of the liver. Your doctor may recommend surgery to remove the surface of liver cancer and a small portion of healthy tissue surrounding the tumor is small and if liver function is good.
Liver transplant surgery. During surgery, liver transplant, your diseased liver is removed and replaced with a healthy liver from a donor. The liver transplant surgery may be an option for some people with liver cancer early stage.
The freezing of the tumor cells. Cryoablation uses extreme cold to destroy cancer cells. During the procedure, the doctor places an instrument (cryoprobe) containing liquid nitrogen directly to liver tumors. Ultrasound images are used to guide the cryoprobe and monitor the freezing of the cells.
Heating cancer cells. In a procedure called radiofrequency ablation, the electrical current is used to heat and destroy cancer cells. Using ultrasound or CT guidance, the surgeon inserts a thin needle or more small incisions in the stomach. When the needles reach the tumor, are heated by electricity, destroying cancer cells.
The alcohol injection into the tumor. During the injection of alcohol is pure alcohol is injected directly into tumors, or through the skin or during an operation. Alcohol causes tumor cells to die.
Injection of chemotherapy drugs in the liver. Chemoembolization is a type of chemotherapy treatment that supplies strong anti-cancer drugs directly to the liver. During the procedure, chemotherapy drugs injected into the hepatic artery - the artery from which liver cancers derive their blood supply - and then the artery is blocked. This reduces the blood supply to cancer cells and deliver chemotherapy drugs to cancer cells.
Radiotherapy. This treatment uses energy beams of high power to destroy cancer cells and shrink tumors. During radiation treatment, you lie on a table and a machine directs the energy beam at a specific point on your body. Radiation therapy for liver cancer can involve a technique called stereotactic radiosurgery, which also focuses many beams of radiation at some point in the body. Side effects of radiation can include fatigue, nausea and vomiting.
Targeted drug therapy. Sorafenib (Nexavar) is targeted drugs designed to interfere with the tumor's ability to produce new blood vessels. Sorafenib has been shown to slow or stop the progression of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma in a few months longer than those without treatment. Further studies are needed to understand how this and other targeted therapies may be used for control of advanced cancer of the liver.
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