Liver cancer is a common oncology disease. Liver cancer is a malignant tumor that occurs in the liver. Many people have had liver cancer. Liver cancer can cause harm to the body. So how long can one live with late-stage liver cancer? Year? What are the treatments for liver cancer? What is good to eat in the late stage of liver cancer? Now, come and learn the relevant knowledge with us!
What are the main causes of liver cancer?
1. Viral hepatitis: Epidemiological statistics show that areas where hepatitis B is prevalent are also areas with a high incidence of liver cancer. People who have had hepatitis B are 10 times more likely to develop liver cancer than people who have not had hepatitis B. many. Long-term clinical observation has found that hepatitis, cirrhosis, and liver cancer are a trilogy that is constantly migrating and evolving. Recent studies have shown that viral hepatitis related to liver cancer mainly includes hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (BCV), among which hepatitis B is the most common.
2. Diet-related factors: The occurrence of liver cancer is closely related to living habits. Long-term consumption of moldy food, nitrosamine-containing food, and lack of trace element selenium are also important factors in promoting liver cancer. Aflatoxin B1 is a substance that has been proven to have clear carcinogenic effects. It is mainly found in moldy grains, such as corn, peanuts, rice, etc. In addition, when you eat a large amount of food containing nitrite, nitrite accumulates in the body and cannot be excreted in time, and can be converted into nitrosamines in the body. Foods with higher nitrite content include smoked or salted meat products. Because it has clear carcinogenic effects. At the same time, the occurrence of liver cancer is also related to factors such as genetic factors and parasitic infection.
3. Alcohol: As the saying goes, drinking alcohol damages the liver. Drinking alcohol is not the direct cause of liver cancer, but it acts like a catalyst and can promote the occurrence and progression of liver cancer. People with long-term alcoholism are prone to liver cancer. This is because after alcohol enters the human body, it is mainly catabolized in the liver. The toxicity of alcohol to liver cells causes obstacles to the decomposition and metabolism of fatty acids by liver cells, causing fat deposition in the liver and causing fatty liver. The more you drink, the more serious your fatty liver will be, leading to liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, and liver cancer. If a patient with hepatitis drinks a lot of alcohol, it will greatly accelerate the formation and development of cirrhosis and promote the occurrence of liver cancer.
What harm does liver cancer bring to people?
Acute abdomen is a common hazard of liver cancer. Rupture of cancer nodules usually causes pain in the liver area. There is obvious tenderness in the liver area during physical examination, which is a symptom of liver capsule irritation. After the cancer nodule ruptures, some patients present with acute abdominal pain, accompanied by symptoms of peritoneal irritation, which can easily be misdiagnosed as acute peritonitis. Abdominal pain caused by rupture of cancerous nodules is usually accompanied by a drop in blood pressure or even shock, which is different from general acute peritonitis.
Treatment methods for liver cancer
1. Surgical treatment
The traditional treatment method for liver cancer is surgical resection, but not all liver cancer patients are suitable for surgery. Only patients with good cardiopulmonary function, localized liver tumors, and no metastasis conditions are suitable for surgery. The tumor tissue is completely removed through surgery to achieve cure. This mainly includes liver resection and liver transplantation.
2. Chemotherapy methods
Chemotherapy is the main treatment method for advanced liver cancer. It has a more direct inhibitory effect on cancer, but it will also kill normal cells while killing cancer cells. Cells, among which the most obvious reactions include impaired digestive function and inhibition of bone marrow hematopoietic function.
3. Ultrasound ablation treatment
Most patients with advanced liver cancer or metastatic liver cancer combined with tumor lesions in other locations have no chance of surgery, but they still need to treat local tumors. For treatment to prolong life and relieve symptoms, tumor ablation can be considered.
4. Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment
Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment has a long history in our country. For the treatment of cancer, Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment methods are also more effective. If traditional Chinese medicine is used in the treatment of liver cancer at the same time, the effects are often complementary and can alleviate the pain of the patient as much as possible, while also reducing the various toxic and side effects of simple western medicine treatment.
5. Interventional treatment
It is also a commonly used method, so what are the limitations of this method? Liver cancer mainly relies on the hepatic artery for blood supply, but there is a portal vein blood supply around the cancer mass, so cancer cells can survive.
Even if the operation goes smoothly, high-pressure injection and other reasons may cause misemboli, shunts, and possibly unavoidable micro-metastasis; some patients' blood vessels will be blocked after one treatment, making subsequent operations difficult.