Compiled 8 signs of cancer

Scientists have identified eight key characteristics that are more likely to indicate cancer. These symptoms should be a wake-up call for people of certain age groups. So ...

Bleeding from the rectum (in the older age group may be   symptom of cancer   colon).

Iron deficiency anemia ( a symptom of cancer   colon).

Lumps on the breast (possibly a symptom of cancer   chest).

Blood in the stool. Displaying rectal examination for the presence of cancer (possibly, prostate cancer)

Blood in the urine (possibly cancer related to urology).

Coughing up blood (possibly lung cancer).

Postmenopausal bleeding (possibly cancer related to gynecology).

Difficulty swallowing (possibly esophageal cancer).

With all these symptoms, patients are encouraged to address urgently to the doctor for investigation. The list of warning signs that predict cancer, has been produced by a group of scientists led by Mark Sheypli from the University of Kiel. It is published in the journal British Journal of General Practice.

Dr. Sheypli compiled this list based on an analysis of 25 studies conducted in the UK, USA, Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, Denmark and Germany. He hopes that if the largest possible number of people will know all of these signs and not to delay the visit to the doctor, the cancer will increasingly capture at an early stage, when the chances to recover the maximum.

However, not all doctors agree with these conclusions. So Dr. Kevin Barraclough from the British Stroud said that the presence of anemia among 21-year-old girl 99 times out of 100 is not symptom of cancer   colon, unlike 60-year-old male. Therefore, all these signs need to be more thoroughly distributed by age groups.

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