If you are a hepatitis B patient, please check the hepatitis B virus DNA and liver function in your body regularly. If you like to drink, please quit the alcohol you like to drink. Even if you can’t quit at once, you need to control the frequency of drinking and check the liver function regularly. If you have symptoms of hepatitis or cirrhosis , you must undergo regular screening of B ultrasound and A-fetoprotein (AFP).
Helectron cancer is a common liver malignant tumor, including primary liver cancer and secondary liver cancer . Primary liver cancer is an epithelial malignant tumor primary liver, of which more than 80% of liver cancers are hepatocellular carcinoma, and the rest are cholangiocellular liver cancer and mixed liver cancer.
Secondary liver cancer refers to tumors formed by metastasis to the liver. Due to the special liver hepatic artery and portal vein dual blood supply characteristics, the liver has become the most common organ for tumor metastasis. Nearly 50% of other organ malignant tumors in the human body can cause liver metastasis.
The clinical symptoms of primary liver cancer are extremely atypical, and the symptoms are generally not obvious, especially in the early stage of the disease. Once clinical symptoms appear, they are often in the middle and late stages. The clinical topics are mainly manifestations of cirrhosis in two aspects, such as ascites, the occurrence of collateral circulation, hemogloss and limb edema.
The symptoms caused by the tumor itself are such as weight loss, body fatigue, liver pain and liver enlargement, etc. The patients have different ages and different types of lesions, and whether they are accompanied by other lesions such as cirrhosis is not certain, so there may be great differences in performance. If you do not have the above symptoms, but are a man over 40 or a woman over 50 years old, please actively undergo liver cancer screening every year.
First of all, what tests need to be done during liver cancer screening?
When liver cancer is suspected, first do a B-ultrasound and at the same time test for alpha-fetoprotein. alpha-fetoprotein is a unique marker of liver cancer. About 70% of liver cancer patients have significantly increased alpha-fetoprotein. Therefore, after these two tests, when liver cancer is highly suspected, further enhance CT or nuclear magnetic field is enhanced.
In addition to doing this to understand the situation in the liver, you also need to do pet-ct to understand whether liver cancer has distant metastasis, such as lung metastasis, brain metastasis, bone metastasis, etc.
I heard that liver cancer can be inherited, is it true? Don't be careless if you have these symptoms in your body!
40% of liver cancer patients with liver cancer have a family history of liver cancer. Genetic factors may play a certain role in family cluster liver cancer. The occurrence of liver cancer is also related to the accumulation of environmental carcinogens in family members and the transmission of diseases in family members. It is a result of a joint effect.The cause of liver cancer is not yet clear. At present, the study believes that viral hepatitis is closely related to liver cancer. Whether it is related to genetics is still unclear. The cause and pathogenesis of liver cancer is not yet fully understood. It is currently believed that it may be related to the following factors:
Don't be careful about these symptoms in the body!
liver cancer is a malignant tumor disease with unknown causes. Compared with other diseases, this disease is not only more difficult to cure, but also has a higher mortality rate than other malignant tumor diseases. However, like other cancers, the earlier treatment, the greater the chance of recovery.
liver cancer is a malignant liver tumor disease. Since most of the human organs are concentrated in the abdominal cavity and the chest cavity, liver cancer generally occurs more quickly and gets liver cancer. If not treated in time, it will endanger the gastrobilitary tract and rectum, colon , uterus and other parts, and eventually lead to the patient's death due to organ failure. Liver cancer is treated like other cancers, and the earlier the cure, the greater the chance.
6. Hepatomegaly is also a common symptom. During the examination, the patient can be palpated with a mass on the abdomen. Usually the mass is not smooth and has a tendency to gradually increase. In the late stage, symptoms such as ascites, yellow tertiary dysfunction, vomiting of blood, and coma will occur.