Early detection gives patients the opportunity to undergo treatment and to change their lifestyle, including their diet, and may prevent activated cancer genes from producing cancer symptoms. In some cases this may save the patient's life.
若及早發現，患者就有機會透過治療或改變生活作息、飲食習慣等方式，讓已經活化的肝癌基因逆轉為不活化的狀態，說不定能因此挽救患者的生命。