The Global Cancer Report 2014 published by the World Health Organization shows that China ranks first in the world in terms of new cancer cases, with liver cancer ranking first in the world in terms of new cases and deaths. Currently, the incidence rate of liver cancer in China is about 25.7/100,000, making it the third most common malignant tumor after stomach cancer and lung cancer in terms of mortality.
The high incidence age of liver cancer is after 40 years old, with middle-aged and elderly people being the majority, and 50-60 years old is the high incidence age group. The number of male patients suffering from liver cancer is significantly more than that of female, generally speaking, the number of male liver cancer is 7-10 times that of female. Studies have shown that 85%-90% of liver cancers are clinically related to hepatitis B. However, it is worrying that currently 7.18% of the total population in China are carriers of hepatitis B virus.
Early symptoms of liver cancer are hidden, and high-risk people need regular medical checkups
Experts point out that with the development of modern medicine, liver cancer can be detected at an early stage and the cure rate can be over 80%. Therefore, high-risk groups must have regular checkups and seek medical treatment in time when symptoms are detected.
Early symptoms of liver cancer are usually hidden, and many patients have almost no symptoms in the early stage, and once they have obvious symptoms of liver cancer, they are already in the middle and late stage. Therefore, good prevention of liver cancer can effectively reduce the mortality rate of liver cancer patients and greatly improve the survival time of patients.
High risk groups of liver cancer include.
1, chronic hepatitis B and C patients and hepatitis virus carriers.
2.People with long-term history of alcoholism and diabetes mellitus
3, those with clinical diagnosis of liver cirrhosis
4. Those with family history of liver cancer.
How to screen for liver cancer? Multiple pathways can accurately locate
Compared with middle-aged and elderly people, young people are less active in regular physical examination, so they are at greater risk of developing liver cancer. In this regard, experts point out that it is more important to prevent liver cancer and let the public know the specific ways of liver cancer screening.
1.B-ultrasound examination.
Ultrasound examination is economical and convenient, and can show the size, shape and location of tumor.
2.Ultrasonography.
In the diagnosis of liver tumor quantity, acoustic imaging has more superiority, such as good safety, no allergic reaction, and relatively low examination cost.
3.Enhanced CT.
Compared with ordinary CT, enhanced CT has high ability to characterize lesions and can improve the accuracy of tumor staging, and has diagnostic advantages for hepatobiliary lesions such as hepatocellular carcinoma, common bile duct lesions, hepatic hemangioma and bile duct.
4.Nuclear magnetic resonance examination.
This examination is a relatively fast developing examination method in these years, which can make more accurate judgment for some small lesions in the liver.
5, abdominal artery or hepatic artery angiography.
It is an invasive test and has a higher detection rate for small cancer with abundant blood vessels.
6.Fetoprotein test.
When early stage liver cancer is suspected by B-ultrasound or CT imaging, a fetoprotein test is usually recommended to assist in diagnosis.