Treatmeant of liver cancer
At diagnosis liver cancer is usually in an higher stage, few hepatic tumors are resectable. In one lobe a resectable tumor must be a single tumor, without cirrhosis, jaundice, or ascites. Resection is done by lobectomy or partial hepatectomy.
Because of the liver’s low tolerance for radiation, outer beam radiation hasn’t increased survival. Radiation therapy for unresectable tumors is usually palliative However, radiolabeled antibodies have been used to selectively target cancer tissue; when used concurrently with chemotherapy, patients can convert from nonresectable to resectable.
A different method of cure is chemotherapy with I.V. fluorouracil, mitomycin, or doxorubicin, or with regional infusion of fluorouracil or floxuridine Appropriate treatment for liver metastasis may include resection by lobectomy or chemotherapy with mitomycin or fludarabine (results similar to those in hepatoma). For small subset of patients liver transplantation is now an option…
