A historical perspective of surgical treatment of liver Cancer
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-9752.2010.01.001
- VernacularTitle:肝癌治疗的历史和现状
- Author:
Zhiqiang HUANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Liver neoplasms;
Hepatectomy;
Therapy
- From:
Chinese Journal of Digestive Surgery
2010;9(1):1-3
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Liver,a large solid organ in the body,had long been the"forbidden"place to surgeons until the 1950s when the structure of liver wag thoroughly studied.Surgery Was the only choice of treatment of liver cancer at that time,and regular hepatectomies carried a rather high morbidity and mortality rate.As the result of refinement of surgical technique and the advancement of science and technology,the operative mortality rate of liver resection at the 1980s was lowered to around 10%.At the beginning of the 21 st century,series of liver resections with no operative death have been reported.In a consecutive 2008 csses of liver resection which were carried out at General Hospital of PLA from 1986 to 2005.the perioperative mortality rate was 0.45%(9/2008).Surgery is not the only modality in the treatment of liver cancer at present,especially for early liver cancer with a tumor size of less than 3 ca in diameter.However,the prevention of postoperative recurrence and metastasis is still a big challenge to surgeons.
