A member asked:

If your having chest pain and worried about lung cancer wouldn't the tumor be big enough to show on a x-ray if having pain?

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Dr. Michael Gabor answered

Specializes in Diagnostic Radiology

Maybe,: but if you're having chest pain, cancer is not high on the list of potential causes. If your pain is acute, consider going to the ER for evaluation.

Answered 6/11/2017

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NO: The size may influence pain; however, the pleura sac around the lungs has multiple nerve endings. Size is not necessarily the issue.

Answered 11/28/2017

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