Treatment

There are things you can do to help you feel more in control of your health when preparing for treatment. This is called prehabilitation or prehab.

Find out about the different types of treatment for liver cancer and how your doctor decides which treatment you need. 

Surgery is one of the main treatments for early cancer that started in the liver (primary liver cancer). 

Trans arterial chemoembolisation (TACE) gives high doses of chemotherapy to the tumour in the liver and blocks off the blood supply. It’s also called trans arterial chemoembolisation (TACE).

There are 2 types of thermal ablation; radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and microwave ablation (MWA). Find out how you have these treatments and the possible side effects.

Before you start radiotherapy the team carefully plan your treatment. They work out how much radiotherapy you need and exactly where you need it. 

Targeted cancer drugs can shrink an advanced cancer or slow its growth. Find out about how the treatment works, the drugs used and possible side effects.

After treatment for liver cancer you have regular follow up appointments and might need to have some tests.

Find out about clinical trials in the UK for liver cancer and how you can take part.