The symptoms most commonly linked to a cancer diagnosis, not surprisingly, reflect the incidence rates of the world’s most prevalent cancers. These include feeling a breast lump, urinary tract symptoms, a change in bowel habits or a chronic cough, which can respectively signal underlying cancers of the breast, prostate, colon or rectum, or lung.
Other less common symptoms:
Pain in a lymph node after drinking alcohol
A broken bone with very little trauma
Sky-high calcium levels
Painful, swollen breasts or nipple discharge
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