While different cancers can present with a variety of symptoms there are some common symptoms that we generally tend to ignore. It would be worth your while to get checked if you have these symptoms:
1. A cough – nagging and persistent – that lasts for more than 6 weeks and does not really respond to medication
2. A significant, unexplained change in bowel habits or blood in stools which could also manifest as black stools
3. Breast lump or discharge with or without pain
4. Anaemia or low blood counts
5. Progressive difficulty in swallowing
6. Unusual vaginal bleeding in women