Cancer Information

Symptoms

Lung cancer tends to be very quiet, so that symptoms appear when the disease is at an advanced stage. These are:

* Chronic cough.
* Coughing up blood.
* Obstruction of the bronchi.

* Shortness of breath.
* Chest pain.
* Pale.
* A table held at the time, there may be weight loss poor appetite.

Diagnosis

The doctor does a complete physical examination. If there is productive cough, sputum can be analyzed to see if it contains cancer cells. However, the first test to detect abnormalities in the lung is usually the chest radiograph. In the case of suspicion of malignancy, the specialist can perform a bronchoscopy to look inside the bronchial tubes and lungs and at the same time, remove a sample of tissue for biopsy

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