“How long does it take for liver cancer to develop into advanced stage” is not fixed, most of the time ranges from half a year to one year or three years to five years; how long does it take for liver cancer to develop into advanced stage has to be judged according to whether or not the patient is detected early, diagnosed early and treated early. Early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment: Most of the liver cancers are caused by chronic hepatitis B, alcoholic hepatitis, etc., and gradually evolve into cirrhosis until liver cancer. If patients are screened, diagnosed and treated in a timely manner in the early stage, it will take a longer time to develop into the late stage; on the contrary, if they are not detected, diagnosed and treated in an early stage, the condition of the patients will progress very fast, and they may develop into liver cancer in a few months. If liver cancer patients are detected in early stage in time and can be actively treated with surgical resection, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, the time for patients to develop into advanced stage will be longer; on the contrary, if patients are not treated in time in the early stage and lose the chance of surgical treatment, they can only choose conservative treatment, and the time for patients to develop into advanced stage will be shorter. Patients who have pain in the right upper abdomen, jaundice, loss of appetite and other symptoms, need to consult a doctor in time for examination and treatment, can not be randomly used drugs, so as not to delay the condition.