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I have pain in left side of chest. i smoked weed for around 3 years but stopped, i'm 22 now.could it be chostochondritis?lung cancer or something else?
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Yes: Could be anything! cancer is not the first thing i would think of but you require a proper physical exam and appropriate diagnostic studies to find out what's going on.
Answered 8/23/2013
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