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Liver cancer

Oncologists prescribe the chemotherapy medicines depending on the stage and how far the cancer is spreading in the liver. A liver cancer patient might get chemotherapy drugs in one of these ways:

Oral chemotherapy

Some chemotherapy drugs are available to take orally like other medications you swallow.

Hepatic artery infusion (HAI)

In case of hepatic artery infusion (HIA), the chemotherapy drugs put right into hepatic artery by targeting the main blood vessel that attacks tumors specifically in the liver. The healthy areas of the liver split up the chemotherapy drug before it reaches the targeted part of the liver. There is a possibility of few side effects but you can receive higher doses of chemotherapy drug. However, one drawback of hepatic artery infusion procedure is that a surgery is necessary to put the small catheter into the hepatic artery to carry out the procedure. Also, majority of the liver cancer patients are not healthy enough to undergo this procedure.

Intravenous (IV)

The chemotherapy medicine goes directly into your bloodstream through a small catheter that a doctor inserts into a vein. The chemotherapy drug might drip in gradually over several hours or it might drip more quickly in a few minutes.

Chemo-embolization

Chemo-embolization is somewhat a similar procedure like hepatic artery infusion (HAI). Along with inserting chemotherapy drugs into the hepatic artery in the form of tiny particles, this procedure allows to plug up the hepatic artery. Doing so slows down some of the blood supply to tumors and might help in shrinking it. Sometimes two or more chemotherapy drugs work more effectively in a combination.

Chemotherapy for liver cancer patients is one of the outpatient treatments which mean that a patient can go home after receiving chemotherapy drugs at a clinic or at a doctor’s office. Chemotherapy treatment for liver cancer might last for a while and there is an evident possibility of getting reactions. It is also important to take regular rest breaks in between your chemotherapy sessions to reduce the damage that the healthy cells are facing. Each session of chemotherapy consists of 1 or more days of therapy following some intervals to rest. Sessions of chemotherapy typically last 3 or more weeks and it is better to discuss your chemotherapy schedule with your oncologist. [8]

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