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Early lung cancer more easily misdiagnosed. Its main symptoms are cough, blood-tinged sputum, fever and chest pain, could easily be considered “pulmonary inflammation,” “Tuberculosis”, especially for those suffering from the original bronchitis, bronchiectasis history, weekdays, cough, hemoptysis history of the patients, more easily overlooked that delay diagnosis and treatment.
Lung cancer incidence in the age of about 45 years, smoking 20 a day more than men. In this crowd, as a provocative dry cough, sputum with a blood type symptoms, early treatment and obey the physician directed to carry out the necessary checks, such as chest sputum for cancer, fiberoptic bronchoscopy, chest CT, percutaneous puncture and lung. In addition, blood tests can be done. Sometimes a search unclear to repeatedly check until the check so far. Regular every six months for a chest film, a CT scan, when necessary, to find cancer cells in sputum, lung cancer is found that the main methods of asymptomatic, it is advocated. In addition, some of the extra-pulmonary symptoms and signs, if pestle-like toes, male breast hypertrophy, and the performance of unexpected skin, also do further checks, in order to prevent the early diagnosis of lung cancer.
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