What are the common symptoms of advanced liver cancer

Early liver cancer may have no symptoms or signs. Once typical clinical manifestations appear, it is already in the middle or late stage of cancer. The common symptoms of liver cancer are mainly the following:

1. Pain in the liver area

The pain is mostly located in the right hypochondrium or under the xiphoid process. At first, it is mostly intermittent or continuous dull pain or stabbing pain. The pain may be mild or severe or relieve itself within a period of time, or even disappear. If the tumor is located at the top of the diaphragm of the right lobe of the liver, the pain can often radiate to the right shoulder or right back; if the tumor is located in the left lobe of the liver, distension and pain in the middle and upper abdomen will appear earlier; when the tumor is located in certain parts of the right lobe of the liver, pain is generally rare.

2. Weight loss and fatigue

This symptom often occurs in the middle and late stages of liver cancer. It may be that tumor metabolites cause changes in the body's biochemical metabolism, reduce food intake, and in severe cases, cachexia

3. Gastrointestinal symptoms

Common symptoms include decreased appetite, upper abdominal fullness after meals, or even nausea, vomiting or diarrhea.

4. Fever

The fever caused by liver cancer is generally around 37.5'C~38℃, occasionally reaching above 39℃, with irregular fever pattern, often without chills. Fever is more common in the afternoon, and sometimes remittent high fever can also be seen. Fever can be caused by tumor necrosis or its metabolites.

5. Other symptoms

Patients with hepatitis, cirrhosis or invasive tumor growth that causes liver decompensation may have a bleeding tendency, such as nosebleeds, gingival and subcutaneous ecchymosis, etc.; hypoproteinemia may also occur, leading to edema, ascites, abdominal distension, etc.