How to spot cancer SYMPTOMS

Feeling breathless

Lung cancer is the UK’s third most common cancer, affecting 47,200 people a year – almost half of them women. One of the main symptoms is breathlessness – a cough and weight loss are others.

✣ Two-thirds of cases are already too advanced for curative treatment by the time they’re diagnosed, says Dr Melanie Wynne-Jones. ‘So it’s really important to act on early symptoms – even if you don’t smoke.’

✣ Feeling breathless can also be a sign of other