Knowing the key symptoms of lung cancer are can help find it early and mean treatment is more likely to be successful. These symptoms can be caused by something much less serious than cancer. But they could be cancer so see your GP if you have any of them. They include a persistent cough or a change in a cough, shortness of breath and blood in phlegm.Find out more
https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/type/lung-cancer/about/lung-cancer-symptoms
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Any unexplained bleeding
Haematuria, any blood in the urine is abnormal, frank or occult
Females, check again in 2 weeks
Haematemesis
Blood in sputum
Melaena / PR
Again, frank or occult
PV, between periods, after sex post menopause
(no matter how much blood or what colour it is)
Nasal
Bruising
Discharges
Usually indicate infection
Tumours distort and block normal anatomy
Chest infections
Chronic cough
Urethra
Nipple
Vaginal
Change in bowel or bladder habits
Changes in defecation, frequency, consistency, constipation, diarrhoea, shape, colour, mucous
Colour, dark or pale (head of pancreas)
Floaty
Dark urine
Abdominal bloating or swelling
Persistent heart burn / indigestion
Persistent bloating, anorexia
Changes in bladder emptying habits
LUTS
Thickening of tissue or a lump
Tumours near body surface
(Breast, testicular)
Swollen lymph nodes
Nagging cough or hoarseness
Lung, laryngeal cancer, thyroid
A sore / wound which does not heal
Malignant ulceration
Lesion getting bigger
Increasing pain
Unexpected bleeding
Basal cell carcinoma (rodent ulcer)
Non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs)
New mole or changes to a mole
Mouth or tongue ulcer (more than 3 weeks)
Obvious change in a wart or mole
A, asymmetry
B, borders
C, colour
D, more than 6mm or increasing
E, elevation
Malignant melanoma may demonstrate all of the above features.
Indigestion or difficulty in swallowing
Feeling of pressure, throat or chest
Dysphagia, oesophagus or fundus of the stomach.
Also
Night sweats or fever
Fatigue
Unexplained weight loss
Unexplained pains or ache
New blood clots, deep venous thrombosis
Bone pain
Intercurrent infection
Cancer research UK
https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-symptoms
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