An oncologist reveals the warning signs often ignored before a cancer diagnosis

Warning symptoms: when to consult without delay?

Patient consulting for chronic pain

Your body is sending you messages that are crucial to understand. Here are the signs that should prompt you to seek medical help:

  • Unexplained weight loss : Significant weight loss without dietary changes or physical activity, particularly worrying for certain digestive or lung cancers.
  • Continuous exhaustion : Fatigue that persists despite rest, which may indicate hematological pathologies or internal bleeding.
  • Recurring pain : Any pain that occurs without any obvious reason requires medical advice.
  • Skin changes : Change in size, color or texture of a mole, or persistent sore.
  • Abnormal bleeding : Presence of blood in the urine, stool, or unusual genital bleeding.
  • Heavy sweating at night : Associated with fever without infection, this can indicate certain blood diseases.

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