“Can interventional radiology treatment help people with liver cancer live?”
My friend has liver cancer, and is going to interventional radiologist to have treatment that's minimally invasive. Would this treatment help his doctors manage his cancer? Are there any dangerous side effects?
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Yes, interventional radiology procedures including radiofrequency ablation, transarterial chemoembolization, and radioembolization can help treat liver cancer and improve survival rates, particularly when surgery is not an option. These minimally invasive techniques can target and kill malignant tumors while causing minimum damage to healthy surrounding tissue. However, the efficacy of these treatments is determined by a number of factors, including the stage and extent of the cancer, as well as the patient's overall condition. Patients with liver cancer should have a multidisciplinary approach to treatment with a Gastroenterologist/hepatologist (liver doctors), surgeon, and Interventional Radiologist and others involved in patient care. Transplantation of the liver should always be discussed in the appropriate clinical setting.
Depending on the extent and type of cancer, there are many minimally invasive tools available through interventional radiology which may halt or cure the disease or extend life expectancy.
