What can we do for the recurrent-tumor patients who underwent hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma
10.19538/j.cjps.issn1005-2208.2019.10.05
- Author:
Hong-chi JIANG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Hepatic Surgery,the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University Harbin 150001,China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
hepatocellular carcinoma;
post-operative recurrence;
hepatectomy;
multidisciplinary treatment(MDT)
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Surgery
2019;39(10):1025-1026
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Some of the patients with hepatocellular carcinoma could be performed hepatectomy and get optimal postoperative outcomes with tumor-free long-term survival which encourage surgeon to carry on the surgery with tremendous enthusiam.Unfortunately the others are not the case even though surgeons have done their best routinely and standardly and the tumor recurs in the liver in short time after surgery. For the sake of the patient treatment,the confidence should not be lost,there are a lot of things to be done which include re-resection, radio freuquency ablation,transcatheter arterial chemoembolization,liver transplantation respectively and individualizedly in order to receive better prognosis and longer-term survival.
