A bowel cancer patient in the Oncology Department of Guangzhou Xinshi Hospital (The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University) went home after undergoing radical surgery. He developed distended and dull pain in the right upper abdomen for no obvious reason. I remembered that the doctor said that intestinal cancer can easily metastasize to the liver. When I went to the hospital, it turned out that the liver was occupying space. The doctor quickly completed the examination and formulated a treatment plan of TACE + cryo + particles. What kind of tests can be done for patients with suspected liver metastasis from intestinal cancer? Doctors advise that the liver should be reviewed regularly to prevent liver metastasis. What kind of tests can be done?
Doctors from the First District of the Oncology Department of the Third Hospital of Guangzhou Pharmaceutical will give each end of the current examination. The discharge instructions for patients who are about to be discharged from the course of treatment emphasize that even if they return home, they must be reviewed regularly. If the test results are abnormal, they must be sent to the doctor so that the doctor can promptly understand the changes in the patient's condition.
This is because many cancers have a higher risk of metastasis. Only regular review can keep track of the development of the cancer in a timely manner. As a common organ of metastasis, the liver is also one of the key points in the advice of doctors and patients.
What tests can be done for liver metastasis of colorectal cancer? How to diagnose it?
For colorectal cancer patients, and colorectal cancer patients who have already developed symptoms, such as cancer patients who have symptoms such as distension and dull pain in the right upper abdomen without obvious inducement, it is very likely that If there is liver metastasis, then a full abdominal CT examination can be performed. If the CT examination finds abnormal results, further examination is required. For example, for a patient in the Oncology Department of Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Third Hospital, a full abdominal CT showed: "post-rectal surgery" manifestations and space-occupying left lobe of the liver. Based on the medical history, it is considered that metastatic lesions are likely. After arriving at the hospital, Peng Qirong Doctors from the professor's team arranged a puncture biopsy of the liver mass. The postoperative pathology results (22141917) reported: (Puncture biopsy tissue of the liver mass) adenocarcinoma infiltration was found in the liver tissue. Combined with the medical history and immunohistochemistry, it was consistent with the rectal gland Cancer metastasis.
For cancer patients who have no abnormal symptoms and just want to have an examination, B ultrasound is the basic examination method, which is cheap, convenient, and painless. If B-ultrasound finds suspicious lesions, enhanced CT or magnetic resonance imaging can be performed. Once abnormalities are found on CT or magnetic resonance, biopsy can be considered for diagnosis.
