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Being often out of breath is a possible symptom of a lung cancer an occurs as a

result of bloc(ing an narrowing the airways by the cancer as well as from ui

accumulate in the chest by lung tumor. +oP3

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 attention if you are short of breath often, for e$ample when you bring groceries,

when you climb stairs or you perform actions which in*t ma(e you feel breathless

before, "isit a octor.

Part # of 12: Chest Pain

Pain in the Chest $rea

Pain in the bac(, chest or in shouler can be also cause by lung cancer which is

rarely lin(e with coughing. Inform your octor if you suer from chest pain whether

it is constant, comes an goes or it is ull. lsoP3

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 attention if the pain occurs only in a single area or appears throughout the chest.

5hest pain which is a result of lung cancer is ue to metastasis to the chest wall,

pleura 6lining aroun the lungs7, or the ribs or because of enlarge lymph noes.

Part % of 12: Whee&ing

Whee&ing

'hen you breathe, if a whee&ing or whistling soun appears, it may occur ue to

bloc(e, iname or constricte airway. on*t panic immeiately because whee&ing

can be a sign of "arious meical conitions which are benign an curable. But it can

be lung cancer symptom as well, so you nee to consult your octor. If the

whee&ing is prolonge on*t thin( that it is asthma or allergies, let your octor

con%rm the iagnosis.

Part ' of 12: (oice Changes

)as*+, -oarse (oice

Immeiately "isit a octor if you or someone else notices that your "oice is eeper,

raspier or hoarse. hese symptoms can be lin(e with simple col but if they last

more than two wee(s you shoul start to worry. 9oarseness cause by lung cancer

appears when the tumor aects the ner"e which controls the "oice bo$ or laryn$,

Part . of 12: Weight Loss

/ro* in Weight

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ung cancer or another type of cancer can also cause rapi weight loss -10 pouns

or more. his is ue to cancer cells which are using the energy from the boy as

well as from the way the boy uses the energy obtaine from foo.

Part 9 of 12: "one Pain

"one Pain

Pain which occur in the bac( or in other areas can be cause by lung cancer which

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 to the bones. his pain becomes more se"ere uring the night while sleeping on

the bac(. <urthermore this type of cancer is lin(e with arm, nec( an shouler pain

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 attention to any (in of pain an to inform your octor about it.

Part 10 of 12: -eadache

-eadache

If the lung cancer has sprea to the brain, than heaache is the symptom. hough,

not all heaaches are lin(e with brain metastases. In some case the lung tumor

can press the main "ena ca"a, the larger "ein which ta(es the bloo from upper

boy into the heart. his can also cause heaache.

Part 11 of 12: CT Scan

as+ Screening a+ -e3*

!arly stage cancer cannot be isco"ere with chest $-rays. )n the other han,

accoring to stuy from 2011, low-ose compute tomography 657 scans are

pro"en to help in reucing lung cancer mortality by 20=. In this stuy, >#,4>4

people at high ris( for lung cancer ha a low-ose 5 scan or an ?-ray. he low-ose

5 scans were more successful in isco"ering lung cancer.

Part 12 of 12: -igh4)is5 Patients

$i6ed at -igh4)is5 Patients

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which are more prone to this isease to ha"e low-ose 5 screening. his is

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