Shoulder pain may indicate the advent of lung cancer
“Dr. Xiafu, my father is 73 years old. He had shoulder and back pain three months ago. He thought that it was periarthritis of the shoulders. He hadn’t seen physical therapy in the orthopaedics department. After a few tortuous experiences, he knew that it was lung cancer bone metastasis. How could he not listen to his cough? Will it be lung cancer?†Faced with this tearful family, I explained that cough is one of the common early symptoms of lung cancer, but sometimes it also shows "atypical symptoms" such as shoulder and back pain.
Since it is difficult for patients to judge themselves, we recommend that people at high risk of lung cancer be screened by low-dose spiral CT. For example, heavy smokers, people working in mining areas, people with a high incidence of lung cancer, family history of cancer, and people with a history of chronic lung disease should be aware of the signs of lung cancer. If early detection of lung cancer occurs and surgery is performed, the 5-year survival rate of patients can reach 80%. However, those elderly people who have weak constitutions and poor cardiopulmonary function that cannot withstand surgery can also choose to have radiotherapy. The improvement of the accuracy of modern radiotherapy, while significantly increasing the "killing tumor" dose, does not increase the dose of normal tissue. In addition to good treatment of early stage lung cancer, it can prolong the survival of patients with advanced lung cancer, relieve pain, and improve their quality of life.
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