Liver Cancer Treatment — Surgery
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Surgical Oncology for Liver Cancer
Surgery is the oldest form of treating a variety of cancer types, including liver cancer. Today, surgery continues to be an effective conventional means of treating certain types of liver cancer. Surgery can also have an important role in liver cancer diagnosis and staging. At Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA), our expert surgical oncologists are skilled in delivering sophisticated and innovative liver surgery techniques.
Surgery is done by resection (removal of the tumor), or liver transplantation. A partial hepatectomy is the removal of the part of the liver where cancer is found. The remaining liver tissue takes over the functions of the liver. A total hepatectomy, or liver transplant, is the removal of the entire liver and replacement with a healthy donated liver. A liver transplant may be done when the disease is in the liver only (and when a donated liver can be found).
There are many reasons you may decide to incorporate surgery into your liver cancer treatment at CTCA. You may have one or more of the following goals: preventative (or prophylactic) surgery, diagnostic surgery, staging surgery, curative surgery, debulking (or cytoreductive) surgery, palliative surgery, supportive surgery and restorative (or reconstructive) surgery. Your ability to have liver surgery depends on factors such as the extent of the disease, and the health of the parts of your liver that are not affected by the cancer.