Signs and Symptoms
Early detection of liver cancer can be difficult. Often there are no symptoms of liver cancer (or liver disease) until the disease is in an advanced stage. When symptoms do occur, they may include one or more of the signs listed below. The following is a list of signs and symptoms to look out for, especially if you have one of the risk factors described earlier:
Symptoms may include2:
- Weight loss (for no known reason and without trying to lose weight)
- Ongoing lack of appetite
- Feeling very full after a small meal
- A hard lump on the right side just below the rib cage
- Pain or discomfort between the stomach and rib cage, possibly around the right shoulder blade
- Yellow-green color to the skin and whites of the eyes (jaundice)
- Abdominal swelling from fluid buildup in the abdomen (ascites)
- Itching of the skin
- Unusual tiredness
- Nausea
