Liver cancer: That year had been a busy one for Dr. Chen; in June he became a counselor at the Presidential Office, and took part in the National Affairs Conference. In October, Dr. Chen was attending the "Ninth Asia and Pacific Regional Conference of Rehabilitation International" in Beijing in mainland China when Taiwan University Hospital phoned him there to tell him that the tumor in his liver was malignant.
這一年是五福醫生忙碌的一年，六月時擔任總統府參議，又參加國是會議，十月在大陸北平參加「第九屆亞太地區國際復健會議」時，台大醫院打電話到北平通知陳醫師，告訴他肝臟的腫瘤是惡性的。