Figure 2: Psychological disturbances in HCC patients. Bars represent percentage of patients who: (1) wanted to know cause of illness, (2) wanted to know treatment options, (3) wanted to know recovery rate information, (4) felt cancer slowed them down, (5) felt frustrated, (6) felt cancer was a setback; (7) felt their normal lives were affected by cancer, (8) felt totally incapacitated by cancer, (9) were unable to cope well, (10) knew someone with similar illness, (11) knew diagnosis, (12) felt there was good communication with care giver, (13) had sexual fears, (14) had low self esteem, (15) feared death, (16) hoped for healing. NEQ, Needs Evaluation Questionnaire. This figure shows, inter alia, that almost all patients felt that their normal lives were affected by their disease.