About advanced cancer

Find out about advanced liver cancer and how it might affect you.

Unfortunately advanced cancer can’t usually be cured. But treatment might control it, help symptoms, and improve your quality of life for some time.

Where liver cancer spreads

Liver can spread to the:  

• bowel
• breast 
• lungs
• stomach
• brain
• bones

Locally advanced cancer

Locally advanced cancer means that the cancer has spread into the tissues around the liver. It hasn’t spread to other organs. This is different to an advanced cancer.  

Locally advanced cancers are either stage [X] or stage [X].

Survival

Many people want to know what the outlook is and how their cancer will develop. This is different for each person. Your cancer specialist has all the information about you and your cancer. They're the best person to discuss this with.

You can also talk to your specialist nurse.