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What Are The Symptoms Of Lung Cancer?
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Symptoms
Lung cancer is unlikely to produce symptoms until the disease is advanced. When symptoms develop, they may result from the lung tumor itself, from its effects on tissues outside the lung, or from the spread of cancerous cells to other organs.
Initial symptoms
The first symptoms of lung cancer may include some of the following:
- Frequent bouts of pneumonia, or pneumonia that does not clear up in a normal period of time
- Coughing that does not go away or coughing up blood
- Weight loss
- Fever
- Shortnes...
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