Heya ! What are the symptoms of cancer?
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Cancer can cause many symptoms, but these symptoms are most often caused by illness, injury, benign tumors, or other problems. If you have symptoms that do not get better after a few weeks, see your doctor so that problems can be diagnosed and treated as early as possible. Often, cancer does not cause pain, so do not wait to feel pain before seeing a doctor.
To learn more about symptoms for a specific cancer, see the list of PDQ® cancer treatment summaries for adult and childhood cancers. Each summary includes detailed information about symptoms caused by a specific cancer.
Some of the symptoms that cancer may cause include:
Breast changes
Lump or firm feeling in your breast or under your arm
Nipple changes or discharge
Skin that is itchy, red, scaly, dimpled, or puckered
Bladder changes
Trouble urinating
Pain when urinating
Blood in the urine
Bleeding or bruising, for no known reason
Bowel changes
Blood in the stools
Changes in bowel habits
Cough or hoarseness that does not go away
Eating problems
Pain after eating (heartburn or indigestion that doesn’t go away)
Trouble swallowing
Belly pain
Nausea and vomiting
Appetite changes
Fatigue that is severe and lasts
Fever or night sweats for no known reason
Mouth changes
A white or red patch on the tongue or in your mouth
Bleeding, pain, or numbness in the lip or mouth
Neurological problems
Headaches
Seizures
Vision changes
Hearing changes
Drooping of the face
Skin changes
A flesh-colored lump that bleeds or turns scaly
A new mole or a change in an existing mole
A sore that does not heal
Jaundice (yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes)