Has anyone out there ever had improvement of fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma after chemoembolization?

i had a huge 17cm tumor removed from my liver in 2005, now it has came back in multiple areas of my liver, transplant and rescection are not options for me, the only option i have been given is chemoembolization. the cancer i have is fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma? i am looking for answers as to does this chemo help or just make what life you have left miserable? i do no twant to be sick from chemo if it doesnt help. right now the cancer is in about 25% of my liver. if you have this cancer or if you know any information about the effects of chemoembolization on this cancer, please help. i am a 24 year old mother of 2 small children ages 2 1/2 and 4. i am willing to do just about anything to be able to stick around for as long as i can for my kids. God bless you all! I appreciate all of you who will take the time to help.

You might ask your doctor about RadioFrequency Ablation (RFA) to see if you are a candidate for this treatment. There is some strict criteria that must be met before the procedure can be done.

Radiofrequency Ablation of Liver Tumors
http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm...

I do know several people with secondary liver tumors who have been treated successfully with RFA. One young man had nine tumors ablated from his liver and stayed only one night in the hospital. Another young lady is currently undergoing the procedure, but also has tumors in her brain, so they were ablated first.

From what I understand the procedure works best on certain sized (small is best) and symetrically shaped tumors. So, you would need to be evaluated . . or be able to talk them into it . . :-)

Best to you.

Serious answer: I never have had to deal with that myself. I wish you God's blessings and healing.

Other answer: It took me five minutes to properly pronounce all the words in your question.

Firstly, can I say how very sorry I am to hear of what you are going through. I used to work for a GP and registered homeopath who had managed to help numerous people with cancer with homeopathic 'mistletoe injections', and there is a different type of mistletoe injection for each different cancer. For instance, there was one man who came to him having had liver cancer and bone metastases, he was given the 'mistletoe injections' every other day for a while and over a period of time, his pain and general wellbeing improved, so much so that two years later his wife telephoned to say he was having a wonderful time on the golf course and his quality of life was greatly improved and his cancer had regressed. Now of course everybody is different, each cancer is different and it may not work for everybody, but it is another avenue, if you could find a good local registered homeopath and discuss with him.

Here are links you could try:

http://www.dana-farber.org/can/complemen...

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/...
I do wish you all the best, and hope this has been of some help.

This is a clinical trial taking place now that may
eliminate the effects of the chemo:
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=23788
You may want to also look into the new way
of doing chemo by directing it only at the tumors
eliminating the side effect throughout the body.
I would discuss this with your doctor.
Other clinical trials are listed at
clinicaltrials.gov website.
About how people do on chemo, everyone is
different and has a different body chemisty.
Some have more than the cancer disease and
have other health problems. When it comes
to cancer, it depends on many factors, what
you might encounter. I wish I could be of more
help.

contact Dr. John Fung at the Cleveland Clinic. He orchestrated a trip to china for my sister who had a 24cm tumor in her liver. A liver transplant saved her life.

good luck and god bless

I can't answer your question but I have been recently diagnosed with this rare form of liver cancer. I emailed you and would love to get a reply.