What types of cancer is can be felt?!


Question: What types of cancer is can be felt?
My aunt never felt her cancer-no pain or anything. She only found out about it after a doctors exam. The only pain was from the treatment. Im wondering- is cancer painless, or are there some kinds that cause physical pain? My impression is that though cancer can be a fatal illness if not treated, the cancer itself is painless. Is this true?

Answers:

That is why cancer is often not found until it's too late or more difficult to treat. The cancer starts off painless and does it's dirty work before people realise there is something wrong. I wouldn't go so far as to say the cancer itself is painless, this is only so in the earlier days. Eventually it will become very painful.



There are so many different kinds of cancers and they cannot all be put neatly into categories. There are several factors that influence pain. When a cancer is too close to pain centers in the body or pushing on organs in the body. Some cancers can grow that they can impinge areas that can cause severe pain. Some cancers like you say are painless and can only be detected through routine examination by a health care professional. You will find a lot of good answers in the link that I have attached below.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/copin…




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