Symptoms of lung cancer

The symptoms of lung cancer may include:

• a continuing cough, or change in a long-standing cough
• becoming breathless and wheezy
• coughing up bloodstained phlegm (sputum)
• chest or shoulder pain
• weight loss
• a chest infection that doesn’t get better
• a hoarse voice
• a dull ache or sharp pain when you cough or take a deep breath
• difficulty swallowing
• feeling extremely tired (fatigue) and lethargic
• the ends of fingers becoming larger or looking more rounded (clubbing)
• swelling of lymph nodes (glands) in the neck area.

If you have any of the above symptoms for more than three weeks, it‘s important to have them checked by your GP. All of these symptoms can be caused by illnesses other than cancer.

Lung cancer is sometimes diagnosed in people who don’t have any symptoms, but who are having a chest x-ray or scan for another problem.

 

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