When cancer is found early, treatment works the best. It is because cancer is small at this time and is less likely to spread in the body. Therefore there is a chance that the patient can be cured or the cancer can be operated. An example for such could be melanoma skin cancer. This cancer is curable so if found out early, the patient is saved. It would be easy to remove the cancer if it has not gone deep into the skin. Early symptoms or signs can be really helpful in case of such cancers where there is cure to an extent. According to a study, 97% of people survive in case of such cancer after 5 years of diagnosis. Once the disease spreads, 97% drops down to 20% survival rate.
Symptoms are sometimes ignored by people because they assume that nothing is wrong or the fear of what the symptom would lead to makes people take no action of the symptom indication. Symptoms such as tiredness or cough are signs of even other diseases unlike cancer. The symptoms may be unimportant if the problem lasts for a certain period of time. Every symptom or sign necessarily doesn’t mean that there could be something wrong. Sometimes people ignore symptoms. Maybe they don’t know that the symptoms could mean something is wrong. Or they might be frightened by what the symptoms could mean and don’t want to get or can’t afford to get medical help. Some symptoms, such as tiredness or coughing, are more likely caused by something other than cancer. Every symptom may mean one disease or no disease. Since many diseases have common symptoms or signs it is difficult to identify the exact disease. Hence, no symptom should be ignored or overlooked, especially if it has lasted a long time or is getting worse and should be consulted to a doctor. Most symptoms may not be indications of cancer but it is important to check as prevention is always better than cure. A doctor will figure out what any other disease could be and what is the treatment if not cancer.
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Cancer can also be identified without symptoms. According to The American Cancer Society and other health groups cancer related checkups on a routine bases even in the people who don’t have cancer should be done regularly. This will help in detecting cancer even before any symptoms or sign appear in the body. Apart from these recommendations it is important to consult a doctor immediate when strange symptoms appear. It is important to know some general signs and symptoms of cancer and simultaneously it is important to remember that every such sign may not mean cancer. Many other things cause these signs and symptoms, too. If you have any of these symptoms and they last for a long time or get worse, please see a doctor to find out what’s going on. So, signs and symptoms are very important in case of cancer as they can help cure it.
