Patients with advanced cancer may have symptoms at the primary site of cancer, metastatic site, systemic symptoms, etc., depending on individual circumstances.
Advanced cancer patients may have symptoms of cancer primary site, which may lead to dysfunction of original organs, such as liver cancer causing liver dysfunction, abnormal coagulation, jaundice, hypoproteinemia, etc. Cancer mass may cause localized compression or obstruction, such as colon cancer causing intestinal obstruction, lung cancer causing dyspnea and shortness of breath.
Late stage cancer may cause corresponding symptoms due to distant metastasis, such as bone metastasis of breast cancer may cause bone pain, limb movement disorder, etc. Brain metastasis of lung cancer may lead to headache, vomiting, blurred vision, lung metastasis of breast cancer may lead to chest tightness, chest pain, coughing and sputum,
Cancer is a kind of consumptive disease, and advanced cancer patients may also show systemic symptoms such as generalized weakness, weight loss, emaciation, anorexia, night sweating and so on.