The recent news of several celebrities passing away due to the disease has again brought liver cancer to the public eye. Data from the National Cancer Registry shows that liver cancer ranks 4th and 2nd in incidence and mortality rate among male patients, respectively, and 3rd in mortality rate among female patients. In order to avoid panic and better understand the knowledge of liver cancer prevention, I will make a brief summary here.
For the general population, the main aspects of liver cancer prevention are as follows.
1. Keep away from the causative factors of liver cancer
Viral hepatitis and cirrhosis are the most common causes of liver cancer, so you should do a good job in personal protection in life to avoid infection with hepatitis virus to help prevent liver cancer from the source.
Long-term alcohol consumption can lead to alcoholic hepatitis and even liver cirrhosis, which can induce liver cancer. People who are good drinkers should pay attention to drinking in moderation and try to abstain from alcohol.
Aflatoxin is a very clear carcinogen, so you should avoid eating moldy and spoiled food in your life.
Nitrosamines are also strong carcinogens, and leftover vegetables contain high concentrations of nitrosamines, so try to eat less leftover vegetables; pickled vegetables should be placed for more than 20 days to ensure that the concentration of nitrosamines is reduced before consumption.
2.Reduce the damage to the liver
Excessive intake of staple foods (mainly sugary rice and pasta) and high-fat diet can easily lead to fatty liver, and liver cell destruction can occur when fatty liver is serious, and the process of repeated destruction and regeneration can easily lead to liver cancer, so less staple foods and high-fat diet can help prevent the occurrence of liver cancer.
Don’t take drugs, especially the so-called health drugs, when you don’t need them. Most drugs have to be metabolized by the liver, which not only increase the burden on the liver, but also may have hepatotoxicity.
Smoking damages the body’s antioxidant defense mechanisms and increases liver lipid peroxidation damage. Staying away from tobacco can help reduce liver damage and lower the chance of liver cancer.
3.Boost your immune system
Appropriate exercise can help improve the immunity of the body, and timely detect and remove the mutated tumor cells.
Maintaining a good mood and positive mental state also helps to keep the body in a healthy state.
Ensure sufficient sleep and rest time every day and avoid overexertion.
For patients who have been infected with hepatitis B or C virus, their chance of liver cancer is significantly higher than that of the general population. In addition to observing the above preventive measures, the following points should be noted.
1.Under the guidance of doctors, apply antiviral drugs correctly when indicated to inhibit virus replication.
2.Under the guidance of doctors, apply liver-protective drugs reasonably to effectively control liver damage while avoiding overuse of drugs.
3.Regularly review and monitor the liver and viral condition to detect and treat the problem in time.
Finally, routine physical examination including tumor markers and liver ultrasound is an important element in liver cancer prevention and treatment, which helps to detect liver cancer at an early stage and take timely treatment to obtain good treatment effect.