Hepatic occupancy? Perhaps you may find the term “hepatic occupancy” on someone’s medical checkup or ultrasound, CT, MRI, etc. Because people in our country are conservative and don’t like to let doctors tell patients the real condition, they often ask doctors to hide the real condition from patients for the reason that they are afraid that patients can’t accept it, and doctors sometimes have to communicate with patients or their family members about the condition, so the term “hepatic occupancy” has come into being. Therefore, the term “hepatic occupancy” has been used to represent liver cancer, and in many cases, hepatic occupancy is equivalent to liver cancer! But, what exactly is hepatic occupancy? As the name implies, it means that the liver is occupied by something that should not be there, which is the real meaning of liver occupancy. Therefore, very often, liver occupancy is a general term that includes secondary liver cancer, hepatic hemangioma, liver cyst, liver tuberculosis, intrahepatic gallbladder, benign liver tumor, liver abscess, liver parasitic disease, etc. Below, I will introduce you to the scientific knowledge of these different liver occupancies in a series! Today, the first occupancy that I will talk about is primary liver cancer! When it comes to liver cancer, we all talk about cancer somewhat, because liver cancer is the so-called king of cancers in everyone’s mind! If patients feel obvious discomfort and feel the lump in their stomach by themselves, at this time they are found to be liver cancer by doctors, generally speaking, if they are not treated by doctors, most of them will only have more than three months to live. What are the issues we need to pay attention to in order to detect liver cancer in early stage? First of all, there is a common saying! It is said that good liver does not grow cancer, but no good liver grows cancer! Therefore, for those who are positive for hepatitis B and C viruses, for those who are addicted to alcohol and have alcoholic liver disease, for those who have schistosomiasis cirrhosis, and for those who have autoimmune liver disease causing cirrhosis, they need to go to the hospital regularly for blood AFP and ultrasound, and if necessary, doctors will also check CT or MRI, in order to detect early liver cancer at the first time, so that patients can be cured or have long-term Survival! Regarding the choice of imaging tests, there are ultrasound, CT, MRI, and angiography. Among these examinations, color ultrasound is cheap and convenient, can be repeatedly examined, and is harmless to human body, but not being able to leave too many pictures is its disadvantage. Moreover, the diagnostic rate of color ultrasound is not only related to the advanced level of the machine, but also closely related to the level of the doctor. If the examination of color ultrasound encounters difficulty in distinguishing benign from malignant, the doctor will also request for ultrasound contrast examination. CT and MRI-enhanced scan can not only clearly show liver cancer lesions, but also help determine the benign and malignant nature of the lesions through enhanced scanning, and the feature of contrast agent fast in and fast out can occur in the case of liver cancer! Such an examination, not only has a high accuracy rate, but also a large number of pictures to facilitate consultation, but the disadvantage is that it is relatively expensive. In general, because of its invasive nature, interventional angiography is usually used only for patients who cannot be diagnosed definitively by the above methods or for rediagnosis during treatment! As briefly explained, those patients with liver disease should have their AFP and corresponding imaging tests reviewed regularly at the hospital, but how often should they be reviewed? It is better to listen to the doctor’s advice as to what needs to be reviewed. Actively treating the original liver disease is the foundation of liver cancer prevention, and reasonable visit and scientific examination are the ways to detect early liver cancer!