Arriving at a Diagnosis

A physical test will be conducted on you and you might be posed inquiries disturbing on: presence of abdominal pain, feeling of weakness or exhaustion, poor appetite, weight reduction among others.

Further tests to help analyze hepatocellular carcinoma which should be possible include:

 

Blood test. Blood tests may uncover liver function variations from the norm. We take blood tests and check for the presence of Alpha fetoprotein (AFP). Large amounts of AFP are found in unborn infants, however it diminishes in a great many people directly after birth. In the event that your blood has a high measure of AFP, it could be an indication of liver cancer.

Imaging tests. We may request that you get a ultrasound, CT scan, or MRI to search for tumors in your liver. An ultrasound makes pictures of your liver with sound waves. A CT scan is an amazing X-ray that makes itemized pictures inside your body. A MRI utilizes solid magnets and radio waves to make a picture of your liver.

Liver biopsy. This includes evacuating an example of liver tissue for testing. In some cases it’s important to evacuate a bit of liver tissue for research center testing so as to make a complete finding of liver cancer. During a liver biopsy, the doctor embeds a slender needle through your skin and into your liver to acquire a tissue test. In the lab, doctors analyze the tissue under a magnifying lens to search for cancer cells.

When liver cancer is analyzed, work will be done to decide the degree (stage) of the cancer. Staging tests help decide the size and area of cancer and whether it has spread. Imaging tests used to arrange liver cancer incorporate CTs, MRIs and bone scans.

 

There are various techniques for staging liver cancer. Cancer staging decides your treatment alternatives and your prognosis.

Treatment

Medicines for essential liver cancer rely upon the degree (stage) of the malady just as your age, generally wellbeing and individual inclinations. There are wide scope of medications, so at Emabal Hospitals, we work intimately with our patients to make the correct arrangement for you.

The scope of decisions may include:

Surgical procedure: Operations used to treat liver cancer include: surgical procedure to expel the tumor or Liver transplant medical procedure.

Limited medicines: These include: Heating or freezing cancer cells, injecting alcohol into the tumor, injecting chemotherapy drugs into the liver, placing beads loaded up with radiation in the liver, and so forth.

Radiation Therapy

Targeted drug therapy

Immunotherapy

Chemotherapy.

Strong (palliative) care is likewise offered to give alleviation from pain and different indications of the ailment.