It is based on the life of comic book artist Xiong Dun, who after her cancer diagnosis authored a popular webcomic that became a sensation in China.

Directed by Han Yan and starring Bai Baihe and Daniel Wu, the film was released on August 13, 2015, and became a box office hit.

[6][7] "Go Away, Mr. Tumor" was featured in the 5th annual China International Co-Production Film Screenings, hosted by the Motion Picture Association of America and China's Film Bureau of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television.

[8] The film earned US$29.75 million in its opening weekend and topped the Chinese box office replacing Monster Hunt.

Once advance ticket sales were factored in, Go Away Mr. Tumor registered a cume of US$31.52 million, with 182,066 showings and 5.46 million admissions in four days, according to data from the research group Entgroup.