Figure 1: Characteristics of pain in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Bars represent percentage of patients who had: (1) pain at presentation, (2) persistent pain, (3) intermittent pain, (4) mild pain, (5) distressing pain, (6) discomforting pain, (7) horrible pain, (8) worsening pain, (9) improving pain, (10) static pain, (11) pain that disturbed their daily activity, (12) pain that disturbed their sleep and or mood, (13) satisfaction with pain relief, (14) dissatisfication with pain relief, (15) anorexia associated with pain, (16) early satiety associated with pain, (17) tiredness associated with pain. NEQ, Needs Evaluation Questionnaire. This figure shows variation in characteristics and severity of pain among study patients but most patients had pain at presentation.