Statistics show that more than 70 % of liver cancer victims are suffering only mild discomfort or swelling in the abdomen when the cancer is discovered. Only a small number of victims have pronounced weight loss, bleeding in the digestive tract, or jaundice. The lack of pronounced symptoms means that by the time liver cancer is discovered, it is often already at an advanced stage.
據統計，七成以上的肝癌患者被發現時只有很輕微的腹部不適或腹脹感，只有少數患者有體重減輕、消化道出血或黃膽症狀，而多數病患在出現症狀時已屬肝癌末期。