liver and gallbladder disorders
Metastatic Liver Cancer
Treatment of Metastatic Liver Cancer
Chemotherapy Radiation Surgery Treatment depends on how far the cancer has spread and what the primary cancer is. Options include the following: Chemotherapy drugs:These drugs may be used to temporarily shrink the tumor and prolong life, but they do not cure the cancer. Chemotherapy drugs may be injected into the liver’s main artery (the hepatic artery), delivering a large amount of the drugs directly to the cancer cells in the liver. With this method, the rest of the body is less exposed to the drugs, and thus side effects are fewer and milder. Radiation therapy to the liver:Sometimes this treatment reduces severe pain caused by advanced cancer, but it has little other benefit. Surgery:If only a single tumor or a few small tumors are found in the liver, they may be surgically removed, especially if they originated in the intestines. However, not all experts consider this surgery worthwhile. If the primary cancer is Treatment or If cancer has spread extensively, usually all a doctor can do is relieve the symptoms (see Symptoms During a Fatal Illness ). People may prepare an 