• 1. Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Surgery, The Second People’s Hospital of Yubei District, Chongqing 401147, P. R. China;
WANG Fanghua, Email: 1561540223@qq.com
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Objective The present study was to investigate the value of multi-disciplinary team (MDT) model in patient with primary giant liver cancer.Methods The MDT model was carried out for a BCLC B stage patient who admitted in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University in July 2018. The associated references were reviewed and the treatment methods were discussed about primary giant liver cancer.Results An elder man who was diagnosed as primary hepatocellular carcinoma (minor cancer) in right lobe of the liver in three years ago and took Chinese medicine orally. When the patient subsequent visited this time, the liver cancer increased about 10 cm. After discussed by MDT, the treatment method was draw up to transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) plus surgery. After received twice TACE therapies in the later 14 weeks, the tumor in right lobe had significantly shrinked and left lobe enlarged. The patient underwent laparoscopic right liver hepatectomy after the second MDT discussion in 5 months later. The patient underwent operation successfully. The operation lasted for 270 minutes, and the intraoperative blood loss was about 500 mL. The suspended red blood cells (400 mL) was infused. The patient underwent transient liver failure and recovered through hepatoprotective and symptomatic supportive treatment, and discharged on 12 days after operation. A retrospective examination of abdominal CT at 4 months postoperatively revealed a significant hyperplasia of the left lobe of the liver, and there was no sign of recurrent tumor. The patient was continue to followed up.Conclusions Thepatient with primary giant hepatocellular carcinoma who cannot underwent surgery at the first time can received TACE, and a few patients could be underwent radical operation later. MDT should be applied flexibly in the treatment of patients with huge hepatocellular carcinoma from beginning to end, so the best treatment plan should be carried out for patients.

Citation: LI Peizhi, MIAO Chunmu, GONG Jianping, WANG Fanghua. Multi-disciplinary team treatment for a case of primary giant liver cancer. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2019, 26(10): 1222-1229. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.201904099 Copy

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