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24 year old. gym goer. smoke 1-3 cig/day. feeling pain near right scapula back side only when i cough sneeze stretch or wake up in morning. lung cancer/pancoast.?
5 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Not likely: At your age lung cancer is very unlikely. More likely a musculo-skeletal cause. This scare should be a wake up call to stop smoking before the next one really is lung cancer. If you remain concerned see your md.
Answered 6/8/2015
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Stop smoking: First of all, you should take this opportunity to just stop smoking all together. Even 1 cigarette will predispose you to get not only lung cancer but also head and neck cancers, throat, tongue, pancreatic cancer and many others. Also puts you at very high risk of having a heart attack and many other problems. As far as your pain, this is unlikely due to lung cancer since you are very young.
Answered 3/16/2014
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CAT SCAN THORAX: It would be very rare for a 24 year old to have lung cancer but if you are so concerned get a screening low dose cat scan of the thorax and stop wondering and worrying about rare diagnoses.
Answered 2/21/2014
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