Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy, or ‘chemo’, involves you taking strong drugs to kill the cancer cells. Traditional chemotherapy is not typically used to treat liver cancer. These days oral tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and immunotherapy are used more often.

If chemotherapy is recommended for liver cancer, the chemotherapy is mainly given directly to the tumour. This is given using a method called Trans-arterial Chemo-Embolisation (TACE). You may need to travel to a bigger town or a city where this procedure is done by a specialised doctor, an interventional radiologist. You may also need to stay in the hospital for a night to allow recovery. Assistance is available for travel and accommodation for you and your family.