For Father facing TACE/resection
Hello members,
I just have a couple questions. My father has been diagnosed with liver cancer recently. I don't know the exact stage, but the doctor said somewhere in the middle. He has 3 tumors, two of which are 4 cm and one at 2 cm.
1. We were explained the first step would be transarterial chemoemobilization and then eventually resection. Also they would try to increase the size of the healthy liver tissues to maximize successful resection. Does anyone know what this "increasing" procedure is called?
2. Google says survival rate after resection for 5 years is like 50% and there is high chance the disease comes back. Can anyone here gone through resection give me an idea how it works?
Thank you for any advice,
Concerend Son
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