Prevention Liver Cancer Detection and Transplantation
In this session, I will explain in detail about liver cancer prevention and early detection of liver cancer, and cirrhosis liver transplantation .
Prevention liver cancer and early detection of liver cancer
There are several types of disease that causes liver cirrhosis associated with a particularly high incidence of liver cancer, for example, hepatitis B and C, and would be useful to detect liver cancer and early surgical treatment or Liver transplantation can cure the cancer patient. The difficulty is that the methods available for research are only partially effective in identifying, at best, only 50% of patients in a curable stage of cancer. Despite the partial effectiveness of screening, most patients with cirrhosis, hepatitis B and C, are reviewed annually or every six months with liver ultrasound and measurement of proteins produced by cancer in the blood, for example , alpha-fetoprotein.
Cirrhosis Liver Transplantation
Cirrhosis is irreversible. Liver function in many patients become progressively worse despite treatment and complications of cirrhosis will increase and become difficult to treat. Therefore, when advanced cirrhosis, liver transplantation is often the only option for treatment. Recent advances in transplant surgery and drugs to prevent infection and rejection of the transplanted liver had significantly improved survival after transplantation. On average, over 80% of patients who receive transplants are alive after five years. Not all people with cirrhosis is a candidate for transplantation. Furthermore, there is a shortage of livers for transplantation, and usually have a (long months or years) to wait before a liver transplant to make it available. Therefore, measures to slow the progression of liver disease and to treat and prevent complications of cirrhosis are of vital importance.
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