What were your first liver cancer symptoms?

Symptoms

  • Losing weight without trying.
  • Loss of appetite.
  • Upper abdominal pain.
  • Nausea and vomiting.
  • General weakness and fatigue.
  • Abdominal swelling.
  • Yellow discoloration of your skin and the whites of your eyes (jaundice)
  • White, chalky stools.

Does liver cancer make your stomach big?

A swollen tummy (abdomen) Liver cancer can cause swelling of the tummy (abdomen). This might be because: the liver gets bigger from the growing cancer, and causes swelling on the right side of your abdomen. the cancer (or cirrhosis) increases pressure in the liver causing blood to back up in the vessels (veins).

What are the signs that cancer has spread to the liver?

Symptoms of liver metastases

  • Loss of appetite.
  • Feeling tired or weak.
  • Fever.
  • Itchy skin.
  • Yellowing of the whites of the eyes or skin (jaundice)
  • Bloated belly.
  • Leg swelling.
  • Pain in the upper right part of the abdomen (belly) (less common)

What are the last symptoms of liver cancer?

Symptoms of end-stage liver disease may include:

  • Easy bleeding or bruising.
  • Intense itching.
  • Loss of appetite.
  • Nausea.
  • Problems with concentration and memory.
  • Recurrent jaundice (yellowing of skin and eyes)
  • Swelling in your abdomen and legs.

Does liver cancer show up in blood work?

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC or liver cancer) cannot be diagnosed by routine blood tests. There is only one specific blood test which can be used towards a diagnosis of HCC. This test specifically measures for the levels of the protein alfa-fetoprotein in serum (AFP).

Where does liver cancer usually start?

Primary liver cancers are tumors that develop directly from liver tissue. Secondary, or metastatic, liver cancers are tumors that start in another part of the body, such as the colon, then spread to the liver.

At what stage of cancer does ascites occur?

Ascites is common in some cancers that have reached the advanced stages and spread in the abdominal area, including cancer of the ovary, liver, colon, stomach, or pancreas. Sometimes chemotherapy or surgery might help manage ascites. More often, a procedure is done to drain the fluid, called a paracentesis.

Does liver cancer develop quickly?

These cancers start in the cells lining the blood vessels of the liver. They often grow quickly.

Can you see liver cancer on a CT scan?

Computed tomography (CT) A CT scan of the abdomen can help find many types of liver tumors. It can give specific information about the size, shape, and location of any tumors in the liver or elsewhere in the abdomen, as well as nearby blood vessels.

Does liver cancer show up in blood tests?