Some patients with liver cancer are curable, and there are many clinical cases of long-term survival.
More than 1,000 patients with liver cancer treated by the Institute of Liver Cancer of Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University have survived healthily for more than 10 years after surgery.
Early stage liver cancer has higher cure rate
Patients with liver cancer detected early have a higher chance of being cured, with a 5-year survival rate of 50% to 80% after surgery through radical treatments such as surgical resection and ablation.
One patient with liver cancer had a surgical resection for small liver cancer in November 1967 at Sun Yat-sen Hospital, exactly 50 years after surgery, and is still living a healthy life.
Long-term survival is possible with moderately advanced liver cancer
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Patients with mid- to late-stage liver cancer can achieve a 5-year survival rate of 20% to 40% with a combination of surgery, intervention, ablation, radiotherapy, molecular targeted therapy, and bioimmunotherapy, and there are many cases of long-term survival in the clinic.
One patient with liver cancer had a large hepatectomy (liver cancer up to 12 cm) in 1975 at Sun Yat-sen Hospital, followed by surgical resection of lung metastases from liver cancer in 1979, and has since survived 42 years in good health with a comprehensive sequential treatment of 10 therapies.
As you can see, patients with liver cancer should have confidence and actively cooperate with their doctors for the best outcome.
High-risk groups should have regular checkups
On the other hand, patients with hepatitis B carriers, hepatitis or cirrhosis should increase their health awareness, not drink, not smoke, not stay up late, develop a healthy lifestyle, actively treat anti-hepatitis, and have regular liver cancer screening.
If liver cancer is detected early, it should be diagnosed and treated early to achieve better results.