According to the physicians and nurses advising the American Cancer Society, treatment of liver cancer depends on the size of the tumor and whether there is cirrhosis.
People without cirrhosis can do well if the tumor is removed or with treatments that destroy the tumor without surgery (such as injecting them with alcohol or heating them to high temperatures in a procedure called radiofrequency ablation).
If there is cirrhosis, or a very large tumor, most experts recommend liver transplantation as the main treatment.
At this time surgery, either to remove the tumor or to do a liver transplant, offers the only chance to really cure liver cancer.
Non-surgical interventions include:
- Tumor ablation (ab-lay-shun) or embolization (em-buh-luh-ZAY-shun)
- Chemoembolization
- Radiation therapy
- Chemotherapy
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