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A physical exam to detect enlarged liver. Your doctor may determine your liver is enlarged by feeling your abdomen during a physical exam. The doctor can estimate the size of your liver by feeling how far it extends below your rib cage. Your doctor may also note the texture of your liver.
Symptoms often don't appear in the early stages of liver cancer. There are few nerves through the liver, so someone with this type of cancer does not feel pain. Symptoms are the same for both primary and secondary liver cancer. In later stages, liver cancer can cause an ache in the upper abdomen or back.