It’s just that everything can be cancer and nothing. Some cancers have obvious symptoms others not so much. Any unexplained and rapid weight loss seems to be the most obvious. I don’t want to look up all the symptoms. Everything from gastric issues, back pains to moles and warts can be due to cancer.
- Sudden weight loss (>10-15 pounds without a change in exercise or diet)
- Any kind of recurring pain, especially headaches
- Your poop is messed up
- Blood anywhere - coughing up blood, nosebleeds when you don't usually have them, blood in your poop or urine
- Mood or behavior changes (helpful if you have someone close to you who may notice this)
- Feeling fatigued even when well-rested
- Swelling or lumps anywhere
- Trouble sleeping
Which is a lot of stuff, but fortunately can be summed up as "If you feel consistently worse than you usually do, go see a doctor".
The key is to make your judgement of "I am indeed feeling consistently worse" within a couple of weeks, not a few months or even years while hoping it'll get better on its own. It's harder than it sounds - life is always busy and it's easy to tell yourself that your discomfort is mild and you can hold out a little longer. I waited too long to act on some bad heartburn and my few months of delay were rewarded with permanent damage to my lower esophagus...
- New moles.
- Moles that increases in size.
- An outline of a mole that becomes notched.
- A spot that changes colour from brown to black or is varied.
- A spot that becomes raised or develops a lump within it.
- The surface of a mole becoming rough, scaly or ulcerated.
- Moles that itch or tingle.
- Moles that bleed or weep.
- Spots that look different from the others.
Info directly from here: https://www.cancer.org.au/cancer-information/causes-and-prev...