Treatment of Liver Cancer In Israel

Liver cancer is considered one of the most dangerous types of cancer. Malignant neoplasms can develop from their own cells of the liver, its blood vessels and bile ducts or arise as a result of metastases to the hepatic tissue of tumors from neighboring organs. The rich blood supply of the liver is a good medium for metastasizing into it and the subsequent growth of malignant cells.

Some factors may contribute to the onset of liver cancer:

• Hemochromatosis - a violation of the exchange of iron in the human body and its accumulation in tissues and organs, incl. In the liver;
• Parasitic diseases - schistosomiasis, amebiasis, opisthorchiasis, etc .;
• syphilis;
• Cirrhosis, developing against a background of chronic alcohol intoxication, various chemical and medical poisonings, chronic viral hepatitis, bile duct disease, congestive heart failure;
• Viral hepatitis B and C - both through the stage of cirrhosis, and independently;
• Genetic predisposition to the development of liver cancer;
• Contact with aflatoxin - mycotoxin fungus Aspergilisflavus, which occurs in moldy cereals, peanuts and other products due to their improper storage;
• The use of anabolic steroid hormones;

The initial stage of the disease can have an asymptomatic course. The symptoms that arise in the future can be divided into 2 groups:

- general symptoms characteristic of all malignant diseases - subfebrile temperature, weakness, lack of appetite, persistent weight loss, anemia;

- the signs inherent in the pathology of the liver - the increase in the organ (hepatomegaly), palpation, the discomfort or pain in the right side of the abdomen, the presence of dyspeptic disorders (nausea, vomiting, loose stools, constipation), fluid accumulation in the abdominal cavity (ascites ), Bleeding, jaundice.

Diagnosis of liver cancer in Israel begins with a study of the patient's medical history and a thorough medical examination. Clinical examination reveals pain in the right upper quadrant, there is an increase in the size of the stomach and liver, a subcutaneous network of blood vessels at the top of the abdomen.

Laboratory blood tests show common signs of inflammation (increased ESR, leukocytosis, hypochromic anemia) and changes in hepatic samples.

Instrumental methods for diagnosing liver cancer in Israel determine the stage and extent of the spread of the disease. For this, radioisotope and ultrasound of the liver, PET-CT, MRI, angiography or X-ray of blood vessels are used.

To establish the nature of the tumor focus in the liver, fine-needle biopsy of the organ under the supervision of ultrasound or CT is performed, or a surgical method of diagnosis is used-a laparoscopy that involves inserting a laparoscope into the lower abdomen for examination by the liver doctor from within and taking a tissue sample for histological examination under a microscope.

For today in Israel for reception of the full characteristic of processes occurring in a liver it is widely applied fibrotest - an estimation of an organ on analyzes of a blood.

Also, in case of suspicion of liver cancer in Israel, a blood test for the presence of the alpha-fetoprotein protein (AFP), which is normally present only in fetal blood, and after the birth of the child disappears. When the malignant process develops in the liver, AFP appears again in the blood.

Treatment of liver cancer in Israel proceeds from the stage of development of the oncological process, the general health of the patient and his individual characteristics.

There are 3 categories of the disease: localized operable cancer, localized inoperable cancer and a common form of liver cancer.

With localized operable liver of the early stage and a healthy rest of the organ, surgery is performed - partial resection of the liver. An important condition affecting its outcome is the size of the tumor and its location in relation to the blood vessels.

Localized inoperable liver cancer is a tumor that does not metastasize, but because of its size can not be safely removed. This group also includes cancers located in areas difficult to remove, several tumors or cancer in patients with unhealthy liver. In the treatment of this liver cancer in Israel, embolization (with or without chemotherapy or radiation therapy), radiation therapy, systemic chemotherapy or the administration of drugs through the hepatic artery is used.

An innovative and very effective method of treating inoperable forms of liver cancer in Israel is the use of the SIRT method. It involves the introduction of a radioactive preparation into the liver by the shunting method, so that the targeted irradiation and embolization of the tumor are simultaneously performed.

These methods reduce symptoms and prolong life, but the preferred option for the treatment of liver cancer in Israel in such cases is organ transplant.

In Israel, a selective internal irradiation (SIRT) method, radiotherapy or chemotherapy is also used to treat common hepatic cancer.

The modern equipment of Israeli clinics and the vast experience of doctors make it possible to achieve good predictions in the treatment of liver cancer.