Celebrities like singer Simon Hsueh, International Community Radio Taipei DJ David Wang and chef Fu Pei-mei died of liver cancer at the peaks of their careers, while hepatitis B carriers like former Mainland Affairs Council chairman Su Chi and legislator Kao Chin Su-mei have gradually recovered after liver cancer surgery.
從搖滾歌手薛岳、ICRT 電台 DJ 大衛王，到知名大廚傅培梅，多在人生的顛峰時期因罹患肝癌不幸過世；而同是 B 肝帶原的前陸委會主委蘇起、立委高金素梅，卻幸運地在發現肝癌後，切除腫瘤、慢慢復原。