What Is Hepatocellular Carcinoma?

DR SRIDHAR REDDY BADDAM

(VASCULAR AND ONCOINTERVENTIONS)

Hepatocellular carcinoma is a cancer that starts in your liver. It’s different from “secondary” liver cancers, which have spread to the liver from other organs.

Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common form of liver cancer. It is a serious illness that can be life-threatening. If it diagnosed early, hepatocellular carcinoma can be treated with surgery to remove the cancerous tumor or with a liver transplant. Other treatments like RFA, MWA, TACE AND TARE can shrink the tumor or slow its growth and relieve your symptoms.

Causes

some things that may increase your risk for getting it:

Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C.
Type 2 diabetes.
Smoking.
Having obesity.
Excessive alcohol consumption.

symptoms of hepatocellular carcinoma?

Potential hepatocellular symptoms include:

You’re losing weight without trying.
You feel very fullness , or you don’t have much appetite.
You’re nauseous and vomiting.
You notice a fullness on your right side, enlargedliver.
You have stomach pain or pain near your right shoulder blade.
stomach fulness with fluid.
Your skin itches.
Your eyes and skin are yellow. sign you have jaundice.

Diagnosis of HCC (hepatocellular carcinoma)?

They might also do the following tests:

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Ultrasound.
Computed tomography (CT) scan.
Angiography.
Bone scan.
Biopsy.
Blood, blood chemistry and blood clotting.
Liver function.

MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT

How is hepatocellular carcinoma treated?

There are several ways to treat hepatocellular carcinoma. Your healthcare providers will develop a treatment plan that takes into account your overall health, whether your liver is working well, and your tumor’s size.

What are the treatment options for hepatocellular carcinoma?

The surgical treatments are hepatectomy and liver transplantation. Hepatectomies are usually done when your liver is working well and your tumor is limited to one part of your liver.

What are otherNON SURGICAL, INTERVENTIONAL TREATMENTS for hepatocellular carcinoma?

More of advanced, non surgical, selective targeted treatments like

RFA / MICROWAVE ABLATION,
TACE, (TRANARTERIAL ARTERIAL CHEMO EMBOLIZATION)
TARE (TRANARTERIAL ARTERIAL RADIO EMBOLIZATION

ADVANTAGES?

In more advanced cases non surgical / minimal interventional procedures like RFA, MWA, TACE AND TARE can be done either as theurapeutic / supportive / bridging procedure for liver transplant, helping you live longer with better quality of life. They are more selective forms of liver treatment as compared to traditional whole body chemo or radiation where the side effects are more.

Here the side effects are very minimal / no side effects and patients can go back home in a day.

HCC – LIVER CANCER ONCOINTERVENTIONS