is there any way you could tell if you had cancer, like any symptoms? Please help! it's my grandma who needs the info!
2006-08-16 13:02:54 · 7 answers · asked by Lor-the-Giraffe 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
All old people have cancers, especially skin cancers.
You don't have to worry about the really tiny cancers that doctors can't see anyway unless they dissect you down to the cellular level. But when a tiny cancer becomes large enough to form a lump or a sore, then the doctor can remove it. Don't wait until it becomes a huge tumor.
However, the older you get the weaker you get and the more cancers you have, so it's not possible to live forever no matter how many doctors you visit.
2006-08-16 13:46:12 · answer #1 · answered by Doctor Hand 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the type/ region of cancer
2006-08-16 13:06:43 · answer #2 · answered by Mopar Muscle Gal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually by the time someone starts exhibiting symptoms of cancer...sometimes even the lump itself it is too late. If she has a lump or lumps please tell her to get a check up.
2006-08-16 13:08:23 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could ask a doctor
He would do what is called a "biopsy" of the tissue that he believes might be cancerous.
2006-08-16 13:09:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, the doctor's would be a good start....tell your grandma to go to the doctor's if she's that worried...cancer is serious!
2006-08-16 13:06:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the doctor. but weakness, dizziness, change in weight such as weight loss and etc...is a start off
2006-08-16 15:41:39 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there is a lump in the skin, that is one sign of it.
2006-08-16 13:06:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋