For patients with advanced liver cancer, it is not suitable for surgical resection. The best treatment methods are radiotherapy, chemotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine, because:
1. Patients with advanced liver cancer not only have serious systemic symptoms and poor physique, but also have the spread and metastasis of cancer cells. Therefore, only 10%- 15% patients with advanced liver cancer really have the opportunity to undergo surgical resection, and their life and quality of life are poor after surgical resection. Therefore, surgical resection is not recommended for the treatment of advanced liver cancer.
2. The effect of radiotherapy and chemotherapy alone is not ideal, and the side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy are great, which will bring greater pain to patients with liver cancer. Traditional Chinese medicine can not only effectively alleviate the discomfort symptoms of patients with liver cancer, but also effectively reduce the side effects caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Therefore, the clinical treatment of advanced liver cancer is mainly based on traditional Chinese medicine, supplemented by western medicine radiotherapy and chemotherapy, thus effectively alleviating the discomfort symptoms of patients with advanced liver cancer and effectively improving their condition.
Moxibustion, as an external therapy, can play a role in warming meridians and dredging collaterals, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, dispelling cold and