Liver cancer
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What is liver cancer?
Cancer is the liver that starts in the liver is known as primary liver cancer or hepatocellular cancer. Cancer in the liver may be cancer cells spreading from another location such as the gastrointestinal tract, breast, lung, and pancreas. This is known as metastatic liver cancer.
Common symptoms reported by people with liver cancer
Treatments taken by people for liver cancer
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Compare treatments taken by people with liver cancer
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have liver cancer through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with liver cancer? Members in the forum might have the answers.
Who has liver cancer on PatientsLikeMe?
- 0 new patients joined this month
- 133 say liver cancer is their primary condition
| Age | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| <20 | 0 | |
| 20s | 4 | |
| 30s | 12 | |
| 40s | 26 | |
| 50s | 18 | |
| 60s | 40 | |
| 70+ | 55 |
| Age at first symptom | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| 0-19 years | 1 | |
| 20-29 years | 0 | |
| 30-39 years | 1 | |
| 40-49 years | 3 | |
| 50-59 years | 4 | |
| 60-69 years | 4 | |
| 70+ years | 1 |
Distribution of sex
| Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 85 | |
| Female | 66 |
| Diagnosis status | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnosed | 74 | |
| Not Diagnosed | 13 |