Submitted by Steve Ross on Sun, 08/06/2006 - 3:41pm.
According to the American Cancer Society, liver cancer usually does not cause symptoms until the cancer is in its later stages, therefore it is seldom found early. Also, there are no screening tests for liver cancer, and small tumors are hard to find by physical exams.
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