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A member asked:
I have chest pain in the center, when ibow down. it is rare and it doesn't happen when i breathe.i have painin the back, like a circle.is it lung cancer?
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Unlikely: The pains that you feel need to be evaluated for what is causing them. Lung cancer is usually initially without much pain except for irritation of airway maybe but are found most of the time accidentally when looking for other things or as part of screening. Look at your risks for it and be screened and look for causes of the pain. If they happen to correlate then you find out.
Answered 12/3/2013
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