2007-01-07 07:24:52 · 11 answers · asked by ADH 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
Yes,,,,,,and I'm sure it has happened many times in the past, before they even discovered cancer.
2007-01-07 07:28:10 · answer #1 · answered by cajunrescuemedic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Stage IV cancer is often asymptomatic until it is too late. As long as cancer tumors are not pressing on any vital organs they can grow pretty much unihibited. They will not be noticed except as vague pains. Young people are more susceptible to this than older folks. Many times a young person will be playing sports, be injured, taken to the ER and find out that they have cancer too. Tumors can be found during childbirth or by accident during surgery.
So, yes, people die from cancer without realizing that they were so sick.
2007-01-07 08:14:53 · answer #2 · answered by Panda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People are often to scared to go to the doctor`s in case there`s something bad wrong with them so often its to late for any hope of a cure so many people must die of Cancer without knowing
2007-01-07 07:53:55 · answer #3 · answered by Black Orchid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course.
If they don't go to a doctor to find out what these odd pains or blood loss they are having are caused by, then yes.
My father refused to see a doctor for years when he had signs that something wasn't quite right, when he finally went it was too late to do anything.
Brain cancer is one of the most difficult to know about because there is virtually no symptoms, except for headaches, which we all have.
2007-01-07 07:32:11 · answer #4 · answered by pampurredpuss 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, my Gran died of cancer without knowing it. She always complained of pains in her stomach. The Drs said it is wind, ulcers etc etc. A month later she died. Personally i would be quite happy to die that way, without knowing i have cancer. Not that i wish it on myself or anything but when you know you have cancer it seems worse, doesn't it.
2007-01-07 22:35:17 · answer #5 · answered by Duisend-poot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes of course. It happened to my friends Dad. Sometimes, it can be only after a post mortem that their family knows.
2007-01-08 02:26:40 · answer #6 · answered by --Lost in this world-- 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people can die for unknown reasons and then after the post mortem they might be able to give the reasons for the death.
2007-01-07 07:39:29 · answer #7 · answered by jessie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, not ever body See's a GP when they think a problem is there. Or don't think there symptoms are worth going to the doctors.
2007-01-08 06:53:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they can my grandmother did she had colon cancer and we didnt find out till she died
2007-01-07 08:10:53 · answer #9 · answered by mountainchowpurple 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh yeah I am sure there are lots of people who don't discover it until post mortem.
2007-01-07 07:30:16 · answer #10 · answered by Yoga Wifey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋