Understanding liver cancer, causes, symptoms, and treatment options
Author : Aftab Mohammed | Published On : 18 Mar 2024
Understanding liver cancer, causes, symptoms, and treatment options
Liver cancer
The liver is one of the largest organs of the body plays an important role in removing and filtering blood from toxins and waste products, helps in digestion, and regulates metabolism.
Liver cancer is abnormal cells that grow in liver targets and destroy healthy cells that appear as cancerous tumours. These cancerous cells develop attacks the essential functions leading to significant health risks.
Types of liver cancer
There are two common types of liver cancer
Hepatocellular carcinoma or hepatoma its a common type of liver cancer where the cancer begins in the main cell of the liver and attack the normal cells
Cholangiocarcinoma or bile duct cancer our liver system has a network of tubes called ducts these tubes collect bile or a fluid produced by the liver to help in the digestion of fats in the stomach. Bile duct cancer can be classified into two
intrahepatic bile duct cancer where the cancer grows in the bile ducts inside the liver.
Extrahepatic bile duct cancer where the cancer grows in the bile ducts outside the liver.
Symptoms and signs of liver cancer
At the early stage, there is no signs or symptoms of liver cancer but when the disease progresses symptoms can appear
- Abdominal pain or swelling on the upper on the upper side of the abdominal.
- Fatigue weakness
- Nausea vomiting
- Pain around the right shoulder
- Jaundice
- Frequent fever
- A patient suffering from hepatitis
- Itching
- Suddenly weight loss
Treatment options for liver cancer
At GreenvilMeds we offer supportive care services that can help international patient to feel better and make their treatments more effective.
The treatment plan and the options may be different from one patient to another it depends on various factors such as age, cancer stage, and the type of cancer below we are going to explain each treatment option for liver cancer
Surgery (partial hepatectomy)
This kind of surgery is performed for patients having good health with normal liver function, and who have single tumours that have not developed into the blood vessels. In this surgery, the surgeon removes a small part of the affected liver
Most of the patients go through this option who are suffering from hepatocellular carcinoma
Radiation therapy for liver cancer:
radiotherapy is a harmless radiation that helps to target cancerous cells. his option of treatment can applied to patients who are suffering from hepatocellular carcinoma and it may employed for other liver malignancies such as intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and hepatic metastases.
Stereotactic radiotherapy in this modern technology technique uses precise images for mapping out the treatment which focuses on powerful beams of radiation to kill cancer cells. This treatment allows them to reach areas that the surgeon could not access. This type of modern radiotherapy technique can be found in advanced medical centres.
Radioembolization
it is a minimally invasive procedure used to treat liver cancers where the trained interventional radiologist places radioactive beads into the artery that supplies the tumour with blood, the beads deliver radiation therapy directly into the tumour.
Radioembolization has several advantages including the ability to deliver direct radiation to the tumour without affecting surrounding healthy tissues of the liver, and it is also beneficial for patients who are not candidates for surgery.
Chemotherapy
For treating liver cancer chemotherapy is usually given with a combination of other techniques to destroy cancer cells. This type of treatment option can be applied for patients who are not instructed for surgery or for patients already gone for surgery advised for preventive chemo cycles
Chemotherapy can be employed in different ways
Various ways of chemotherapy treatment can be employed for treating liver cancer chemotherapy treatment depends on many factors such as patient's overall health, age, and type of liver cancer.
Systemic chemotherapy
Systemic chemotherapy is a special technique of chemotreatment mostly prescribed by a medical oncologist who specializes in treating cancer with medications. These medications or chemotherapies can be given orally or by vein through the bloodstream.
This technique of chemotherapy is more beneficial for cancers that have spread to other parts of the organ before undergoing chemotherapy the medical oncologist examines the patient's overall health by doing some blood tests according to the examination the medical oncologist will specify specific doses of chemotherapy to avoid any side effects in future until the patient completes his treatment smoothly.
Transarterial chemoembolization therapy (TACE)
Transarterial chemoembolization is a minimally invasive surgery used in the treatment of liver cancers especially hepatocellular carcinoma sometimes metastatic liver tumours. In this procedure, a specially trained interventional radiologist inserts a catheter into the hepatic artery which supplies blood to the liver after that the interventional radiologist injects the chemotherapy combined with the embolization through the insertion catheter. These drugs target and destroy cancer cells directly by cutting off the blood supply to the tumour and minimizing exposure to healthy tissues.
Targeted therapy
Targeted therapy is a type of treatment used to treat cancers by targeting specific genes and proteins that contribute to cancer growth. This new technique of treatment focuses on stopping the growth of new blood vessels and is called anti-angiogenesis by cutting the nutrients and the blood supply. In this treatment, the tumour starts to shrink and starve.
Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy is a treatment where the patient uses own immune system to fight and attack cancer cells and it is used in combination with other treatments such as chemotherapy.
Liver cancer treatment cost
Liver cancer treatment cost depends on various factors such as the type of liver cancer, liver cancer stages, and also depends on the treatment plan suggested by the health care provider as you know every patient has different treatment plans below we are going to explain the treatment type and the costs.
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Partial hepatectomy |
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Radiation therapy |
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Chemotherapy |
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radioembolization |
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Systemic chemotherapy |
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Transareterial chemoembolization |
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Targeted therapy |
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Immune therapy |
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Causes of liver cancer
Alcohol consuming
Smoking
Obesity
Infected with hepatitis viruses
Diabetes
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
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