Symptoms

Cancer symptoms

Are you aware that some changes affecting your body can be symptoms of cancer?  Check out the ones listed below and see your GP if you have any of them.  You are not wasting the doctors time they know early detection is the key to successful treatment of cancer.

It's important to see your doctor if you have:

• An unusual lump or swelling anywhere on the body
• A sore that won't heal
• A mouth or tongue ulcer that lasts longer than three weeks
• A persistent cough, reoccurring chest infection
• Persistent difficulty swallowing or indigestionProblems passing urine
• Blood in your urine
• Change to more frequent bowel motions that lasts longer than six weeks
• Blood in your bowel motions
• Unexplained weight loss
• An unexplained pain or ache that lasts longer than four weeks
• A mole change (change in size, shape or colour)
• For Women: Bleeding from the vagina after the menopause or between periods.

Many of these symptoms can be caused by less serious diseases which can be easily treated but you do need to see your GP and get them checked.

Click on the specific cancer sites on the left for more information and to find out what the Charity is doing to improve cancer services locally.