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Once diagnosed, the treatment of liver cancer depends on many associated factors.
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After liver cancer is diagnosed, the doctors analyze numerous factors before determining the best and most effective treatment for the patient. From how much cancer has affected the liver to the amount and area that cancer has spread and whether the patient has any preferences, all these factors are accounted before deciding the treatment. The overall health of the patient and the chance of damage to the unaffected parts of the liver are also crucial factors. Talk to your oncologist about supportive or palliative care if necessary, when undergoing any aggressive treatments, such as chemotherapy, surgery or radiation therapy.
Which of these are the common symptoms of liver cancer?
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The symptoms of disease play a crucial role in its diagnosis. In the case of liver cancer, however, the symptoms do not become evident before it reaches an advanced stage. Liver cancer doesn t have any direct symptoms of itself. But the effect it has on other body parts makes a number of symptoms evident that are considered as liver cancer symptoms, such as pain in the abdomen accompanied by fever, unwillingness to eat, sudden weight loss, enlarged liver and the buildup of fluid in the belly. Visit an oncologist immediately, the moment you experience any of these symptoms.
Liver cancer is completely curable through treatments.
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Liver cancer is not completely curable as it in the majority of cases it is not diagnosed in its early stages. However, when proper treatments are performed, its spread or further deterioration may be controlled to some extent. Follow-up treatments are necessary for treating liver cancer successfully. Remember, both the treatment options and their results may differ from patient to patient.
Which of these steps are included in the diagnosis of liver cancer?
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While the blood tests are performed to determine the AFP or alpha-fetoprotein levels, which when increased can suggest liver cancer, the imaging studies such as, CT scan or MRI are performed to detect the extent of blood supply to the liver cancer and its location. A liver biopsy is the last step which confirms whether one has liver cancer or not though it may not be necessary for everyone. In case you re diagnosed with liver cirrhosis, consult with an oncologist for surveillance ultrasound of the liver as it is the best way to detect liver cancer.
There are a number of treatment options available for liver cancer depending on which stage it is in.
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While surgeries, like the liver transplant and removal of small portions of the cancer-affected liver, are there to treat liver cancer, localized treatments are there too as per the requirement along with targeted drug therapy and radiation therapy. Some of the localized treatment options for liver cancer are freezing the cancer cells, heating the cancer cells, injecting alcohol or chemo drugs in the cancer cells, etc. Consult with your doctor to know about the treatment options suitable for you.
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