 |
|
|
|
|
Liver Cancer Treatment & Ongoing Care
Our Approach To Liver Cancer Treatment
Many liver cancer patients are diagnosed late and frequently treated only with chemotherapy. I believe that the liver cancer
patient has the best chance for cure and for longest survival if a surgeon dedicated
to the liver cancer patient is involved in the decision making process early on. Surgical
techniques offer the only real chance for cure and should be available to the liver
cancer patient. The surgical techniques that are available are still not well known
by many doctors and patients. Therefore, I am doing my best to reach out to the patients and physicians in my region to offer sophisticated medical care for the liver cancer patient. Similarly, through this website I am offering these services to patients who find my overall approach appealing and who have the capabilities to travel to Georgia area to receive care through my practice.
Meeting the Patient's Needs
My approach to the patient with cancer is to attempt to find a satisfactory course of action that will meet the needs of that patient. The factors that figure in the outcome for the individual patient are patient factors, tumor factors, and liver cancer treatment factors. Little can be done about the first two factors in the patient with already established liver cancer, unless the patient is so fortunate as to have his or her cancer found during a screening program. But we can figure out a satisfactory liver cancer treatment plan in each case that will give a real opportunity to maximize health and lengthen survival. I will use training and experience, what I have learned from the work of others skilled in this field, and input from the patient and patient’s family to create and follow through with a good plan of care.
Goals of Liver Cancer Treatment
This plan with the liver cancer patient will be centered upon the concept of reaching a status of NED (no evident disease). Our present day tests are still unable to determine reliably whether there are any sub-microscopic cancer cells remaining. However, we do know that the only avenues to cure and/or meaningful survival are those that create a situation in which there is No Evident Disease. The only ways to get rid of all apparent cancer cells are by resection or
ablation or resection plus ablation. If we can use these techniques to get rid of all evident disease, the patient has a reasonable chance of cure or at least of some years of disease free survival. Failing this, our goal will be to minimize complications and morbid problems, give the patient and family honest opinions about what we can and can’t do, and find the best second line therapies and
support mechanisms for the patient.
Contact my office today to find out more about the different liver cancer treatment options we offer our patients.
|
|
|
|
Our Areas
of Practice
- Liver Cancer
- Head & Neck Cancer
- Melanoma
- Colorectal and other GI Malignancies
- Breast Cancer
| |
Ken Dixon, M.D.
Surgical Oncology of
Northeast Georgia
690 Medical Park Lane
Gainesville, GA 30501
P: 770.531.0093
 Get Directions
|
|
|
|
