Over a dozen people in Britain will be told that they have liver cancer today - but the symptoms of the disease can be hard to spot, as many of the warning signs can often be mistaken for more minor health issues.
Around 6,200 people are diagnosed with cancer in their liver each year in the UK - that's 17 new cases every day, according to leading charity Cancer Research UK. While anyone can get liver cancer, it is most common in older people, with the majority of those who are diagnosed over the age of 60, and it is also more common in men than in women.
Primary liver cancer is cancer that starts in the liver, while secondary liver cancer is cancer that has spread to the liver from somewhere else in your body. How serious liver cancer is depends on where it is in the liver, how big it is, if it has spread, if it's primary or secondary, and your general health.
