Liver cancer, a disease with a high incidence and mortality rate in the mainland, is a problem that we cannot ignore. As the director of the Department of General Surgery of the Sixth People's Hospital of Shenyang and the executive director of the Shenyang Liver Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Center, I would like to talk to you about liver cancer today.
Liver cancer is a relatively common malignant tumor in mainland China, and its incidence even accounts for half of the world's total. However, its five-year survival rate is only 15%, which is an issue that deserves our attention and attention. The occurrence of liver cancer is often accompanied by the background of liver disease, among which hepatitis B infection is the main one.
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Q: How can I prevent liver disease?
A: The main symptoms of liver cancer are not obvious, and there may only be gastrointestinal symptoms in the early stage, such as anorexia, jaundice, weight loss, etc., which are easy to be ignored. Once found, it is often at an advanced stage, which increases the difficulty of treatment. Therefore, the key to preventing liver cancer is to block the occurrence of liver disease.
For liver diseases such as hepatitis B, we need to pay attention to how they are transmitted. For example, if the mother is a carrier of hepatitis B, mother-to-child blockade is required during pregnancy or before delivery. For hepatitis C, alcoholic liver and fatty liver disease, understanding the transmission route and quitting smoking and alcohol are also important ways to prevent liver cancer.
Q: What are the treatments for liver cancer?
A: Once we have liver disease, we need regular check-ups for secondary prevention. Early detection and early treatment are key to avoid a situation where it is found to be late. There are many types of treatment depending on the type of liver cancer, including surgical resection, ablation therapy, interventional therapy, etc., and drugs such as targeted drugs and immunodetection inhibitors can also be used.
Liver cancer is not terrible, as long as we pay attention to it and understand it, and take the right treatment measures, it is possible to defeat it. Conversely, if we ignore the disease, the probability of treatment will be reduced, and it will be relatively difficult to find that it is late to treat.
Let's focus on liver cancer, understand it, prevent it, and treat it. Let's work for health!
Author: Wu Wei
Source: Shenyang Sixth People's Hospital
Editor: Pei Li
Proofreading: Xing Yuxin, Gao Yunfei
Preliminary review: Liang Xuan
Review: Xu Jiang