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What Is The Best Treatment For Liver Cancer?

I have a best friend whose husband beat colon cancer but then it went to the liver. Her outlook is that he is going to die and shouldn't seek treatment if it means he is not going to have a good life. He had his gall bladder and part of his liver removed and it seemed very successful. Is the prognosis always death with colon cancer that menesthetizes to the liver? I think she's being very negative and don't know what to do.
Wed, 11 Mar 2015
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Hi,
Thanks for writing in.

Liver metastasis occurs in half of patients with colorectal cancer. Treatment of colorectal cancer with liver metastasis includes the following methods.
1. Surgery.
2. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
3. Local ablation (eg radiofrequency ablation).
4. Adjuvant chemotherapy.
5. Intra-arterial chemotherapy.

Present medical treatment guidelines for metastatic colorectal cancer suggests the following.

Currently, there are ten active and approved drugs for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer that are used alone and in combination with other drugs:

5-FU.
Capecitabine.
Irinotecan.
Oxaliplatin.
Bevacizumab.
FOLFOXIRI (irinotecan, oxaliplatin, leucovorin [LV], and 5-FU)
Cetuximab.
Aflibercept.
Panitumumab.
Regorafenib.

With regard to chemotherapy, advances taking place each day in the field of cancer treatment, many of the metastatic colorectal cancers have been seen to respond to chemotherapy. There what is called the first line chemotherapeutic agents and if they do not show response then second line of drugs are used.

An average time of survival might be anywhere from 6 months to 15 months. Few patients can survive longer by few months. The battle in fighting cancer must go on till the end.
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What Is The Best Treatment For Liver Cancer?

Hi, Thanks for writing in. Liver metastasis occurs in half of patients with colorectal cancer. Treatment of colorectal cancer with liver metastasis includes the following methods. 1. Surgery. 2. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy. 3. Local ablation (eg radiofrequency ablation). 4. Adjuvant chemotherapy. 5. Intra-arterial chemotherapy. Present medical treatment guidelines for metastatic colorectal cancer suggests the following. Currently, there are ten active and approved drugs for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer that are used alone and in combination with other drugs: 5-FU. Capecitabine. Irinotecan. Oxaliplatin. Bevacizumab. FOLFOXIRI (irinotecan, oxaliplatin, leucovorin [LV], and 5-FU) Cetuximab. Aflibercept. Panitumumab. Regorafenib. With regard to chemotherapy, advances taking place each day in the field of cancer treatment, many of the metastatic colorectal cancers have been seen to respond to chemotherapy. There what is called the first line chemotherapeutic agents and if they do not show response then second line of drugs are used. An average time of survival might be anywhere from 6 months to 15 months. Few patients can survive longer by few months. The battle in fighting cancer must go on till the end.