Liver cancer - Patient assessment - Factors to consider in planning treatment - small talk series
Liver cancer is very common in the current world, with a lot of treatment options. Due to this, there is a lot of confusion on how to select a patient for a particular treatment. Liver cancer staging is also complex and there are no clear cut-offs on how to select a patient for a particular treatment.
Hence, before diving into the options for liver cancer treatment, it is very important to know the factors to be considered in planning this treatment.
Cancer of the liver is different in the sense that the conventional liver cancer stages as per the tumor-node-metastasis staging system do not apply very well when we are planning treatment. Hence, this patient assessment is very important to understand the patient, disease, and liver status which helps in planning treatment in a personalized manner.
Therefore, let us begin with the assessment of a patient diagnosed with liver cancer and then gradually go towards the selection of treatment options.
This small talk will help you
- - Answer this question in the exam
- - Good for multiple-choice questions on this topic
- - Practical way for assessing these patients in the out-patient clinic.