Liver Cancer Interventional Treatment

  Introduction of Liver Cancer Interventional Treatment Liver cancer interventional treatment is a more common treatment method for liver cancer. Let’s take a look at the brief introduction of interventional treatment for liver cancer by interventional experts.  Due to the improvement of science and technology, the catheters, guidewires and puncture needles used for liver cancer interventional therapy have been greatly improved, and the scientific and technological content of embolization materials has been further improved, coupled with more research and understanding of liver cancer, therefore, there are more interventional treatment methods for liver cancer. Such as hepatic artery cannulation chemotherapy, thermal chemotherapy, hepatic artery cannulation embolization, hepatic artery perfusion chemoembolization, percutaneous puncture anhydrous alcohol injection, isotope guided therapy for liver cancer, etc.  The effectiveness of hepatocellular carcinoma interventional therapy is determined by the blood supply characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma. Normally, the liver is supplied with blood by hepatic artery and portal vein, of which portal vein supply accounts for 75% to 80% and hepatic artery supply accounts for 20% to 25%. The blood supply of hepatocellular carcinoma is exactly the opposite, as more than 90%-95% of hepatocellular carcinoma is supplied by hepatic artery and very little by portal vein. This brings convenience for hepatocellular carcinoma interventional treatment.  Through hepatic artery cannulation, drugs can directly enter liver cancer tissues to increase the local drug concentration and kill cancer cells. In addition, some embolic substances such as iodine oil and gelatin sponge are applied to embolize the blood supply artery of liver cancer to cut off its nutritional effect, and the tumor tissues will be necrosed, thus achieving the purpose of liver cancer interventional therapy.  Postoperative treatment of patients after liver cancer intervention is an important part. The patient’s lower limb on the punctured side should be braked for 24 hours after liver cancer intervention.  Due to chemoembolization, patients may experience nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, fever and other phenomena, which should be promptly treated symptomatically and can be improved after 1 week. After hepatocellular carcinoma interventional treatment, patients should review liver and kidney function, blood routine, etc. and pay attention to the changes of each index, and actively deal with the problems after they are found.  Although liver cancer is mainly treated by surgery and liver cancer intervention, comprehensive treatment is more important, such as postoperative interventional chemotherapy for liver cancer, which can not only detect residual lesions but also prevent recurrence and metastasis after surgery. Interventional treatment for liver cancer can shrink the tumor to obtain the chance of resection. The efficacy of hepatocellular carcinoma interventional therapy plus immunotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine treatment is also affirmed. In conclusion, hepatocellular carcinoma is a comprehensive treatment mainly based on surgery and intervention. Therefore, patients suffering from hepatocellular carcinoma should build up confidence in order to achieve the best treatment effect.