How long a liver cancer patient can live is a question without an answer. How long a liver cancer patient can live depends entirely on the stage of the tumor, such as whether it is early, intermediate or late, and the treatment method adopted, and the overall survival rate of liver cancer is relatively low. However, with comprehensive treatment, some liver cancer patients can still have a good prognosis. For example, if early stage liver cancer patients undergo surgery, the 5-year survival rate should be 50%-60%, and through liver transplantation, the survival rate should be over 70%. Therefore, how long a liver cancer patient can live depends entirely on the stage of the tumor. If the liver cancer is advanced and metastasized everywhere, the patient may live for about 3 months, some of them may be extended for several months through treatment, but the overall survival time will not exceed one year. Therefore, there is no definite answer as to how long a liver cancer patient can live depends on the tumor stage, treatment and the overall condition of the patient, but overall the survival rate of liver cancer is relatively low because there are few treatment options for liver cancer and the early diagnosis rate is relatively low. At present, liver cancer is the second most deadly tumor in the world after pancreatic cancer, and it is truly the king of cancer, the key is early detection and early treatment, only then can we have better treatment effect.