Signs and symptoms of liver cancer often occur only in advanced stages, but sometimes they may appear earlier. Detecting the first signs and presenting to a doctor support early diagnosis and increased treatment efficiency and healing chances.

Some of the most common symptoms of liver cancer are:

• Unexplained weight loss;
• Loss of appetite;
• Feeling gastric plenitude after a light meal;
• Nausea or vomiting;
• Liver enlarged in volume felt like a table under the ribs on the right;
• Enlarged spleen, felt under the ribs, on the left;
• Abdominal pain;
• Swelling of the abdomen or fluid accumulation in the abdomen;
• Itching;
• Yellowing of the skin and eyes (jaundice).
• Other symptoms may include fever, prominent veins on the stomach that can be seen through the skin and abnormal bruising or bleeding. Some liver tumors produce hormones that act on other organs.

These hormones can cause:

• High calcium levels in the blood (hypercalcemia) that may cause nausea, confusion, constipation, weakness or muscle problems;
• Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) that can cause fatigue or fainting;
• Breast enlargement (gynecomastia) and/or contraction of testicles in men;
• Increased red blood cell count (erythrocytosis);
• High cholesterol levels.
• Many of the signs and symptoms of liver cancer can also be caused by other conditions, including other liver problems.