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.

How do members experience liver cancer?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with liver cancer*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for liver cancer*

Who has liver cancer on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 6
30s 15
40s 31
50s 20
60s 37
70+ 66

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 93
Female 72