Recognising the Symptoms

Symptoms such as a growth or change in the body are always best to be checked by the General Practitioner. If the General Practitioner finds that the symptoms may be caused by cancer, he/she examines the patients and refers the patients on to a specialist for tests and treatment (if necessary).

Some cancers can develop over a long time without causing any signs or symptoms and the symptoms vary for each cancer type.

For example, the symptoms of breast cancer are lump in breast, inverted nipple, nipple discharge, changes in nipple size and shape and changes in the skin of the breast; the symptoms of brain cancer are headache and seizures. Having the above signs and symptoms does not necessarily mean the presence of cancer.