There are various treatments for patients with liver cancer, and these include: 1. Surgery Patients who have liver cancer usually undergo liver surgery (liver resection), especially if it is still small and has not spread outside of the liver. By doing so, the surgeon will remove damaged parts of the liver or all of the liver. If the entire liver is removed, the patient will need a liver transplant to replace it with a healthy one. 2. Chemotherapy Chemotherapy uses drugs to destroy cancer cells, and are often used for patients whose cancer cannot be treated via surgery. These drugs are usually administered intravenously – directly into the blood vessel that carries blood into the liver. 3. Radiofrequency Ablation Ablation refers to treatment that aims to destroy tumours in the liver without having to remove them. First, a thin probe is inserted into the skin to reach the tumour. Then, high-energy radio waves are passed through the tip of the probe, which heats the tumour and kills the cancer cells in the liver. 4. Radiotherapy During this treatment, radiation (such as x-rays) is used to destroy cancer cells. This can be done externally, where the radiation used to destroy cancer cells comes from a machine outside the body, or internally, wherein radioactive beads are injected into the blood supply of the liver to prevent cancer cells from developing.