There are many ways to treat liver cancer. The main ones are: surgery liver transplant radiotherapy thermal ablation embolisation chemotherapy targeted therapies.If you have liver cancer, you might need one of these, or a combination of them.Your doctor will yarn with you about what treatments they recommend, and what your options are best for you.Yarn with your doctor, nurse or Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health worker about which treatment you might have and any traditional healing, bush medicines or cultural practices you want to include in your treatment planSurgerySurgery is done to take out the cancer and help to stop it from spreading to other parts of your body. Surgery involves staying in hospital and having anaesthetic and an operation. Not all patients with liver cancer have surgery, as it depends on the size of the tumours in the liver and where they are. Some people just have the cancer and a part of their liver taken out. Some people have their liver removed and will need a liver transplant.  Your doctor will yarn with you beforehand about what is going to happen.Yarn with your doctor, nurse, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health worker or social worker about your surgery and what support you and your family need before, during and after surgery. Being away from Country and family can be distressing so making sure you have the right support is important. Read more about surgery.RadiotherapyRadiotherapy, also called radiation therapy, uses X-rays to destroy cancer cells in one part of your body.Most people who have radiotherapy have it every day (Monday to Friday) for 4-6 weeks, and each session can take 15 minutes. But it might be different for you.You can only have radiotherapy in cities and some big towns – see this list. If your doctor thinks radiotherapy would help, and you don’t live near a radiotherapy site, assistance is available for travel and accommodation for you and your family.Yarn with your doctor, nurse or Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health worker.Read more about radiotherapy.ChemotherapyChemotherapy, 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 intervention 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.Read more about chemotherapy and side effects.Thermal ablation and embolisationFor small tumours, you may be offered to have a treatment given to the tumour directly to destroy it.Ablative therapy (ablation) can be given in the form of heat (thermal) using high-energy radio waves.Your doctor may also use other types of ablative therapies, such as alcohol or cryotherapy (freezing the cancer cells).Embolisation means injecting a substance into a blood vessel to block the flow of blood to tumours in the liver.Targeted therapiesTargeted therapies are newer drugs that try to stop the cancer growing. Targeted therapies attack cancer cells without harming healthy cells. If your doctor thinks they might help, here are some questions to ask. Read more about targeted therapy.ImmunotherapyImmunotherapy is treatment with drugs that help your immune system attack the cancer cells. Immunotherapy is given in your arm through a vein.  It is usually given in cycles of once every few weeks. You will need to go to a hospital or clinic to have this treatment.Yarn with your doctor, nurse or Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health worker, and with other mob who have had the treatment.Read more about immunotherapy.