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Help docs! how to tell if i could possibly have lung cancer?

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Dr. Carlos Encarnacion answered

Specializes in Medical Oncology

See a doctor: No other way to know. Do you have respiratory symptoms? Are you or were you a smoker? If so, then go ASAP. Best yo you.

Answered 7/3/2014

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