Lung cancer can present with a wide variety of clinical manifestations; but the most common symptoms, in order of frequency, are:

• Cough that lasts for a long time and changes in character
• Weight loss
• Shortness of breath
• Chest pain
• Hemoptysis (bloody expectoration)
• Bone pain
• Hoarseness
• Finger clubbing (clubbing)
• Fever, weakness, superior vena cava (vcs) obstruction (swelling in the face and neck), dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)

Diagnostic procedures used for Lung Cancer:

Noninvasive Method A-P and Lateral Lung X-ray Computed

1. Tomography PET CT
2. Minimally Invasive Method Bronchoscopy (Biopsy and lavage) EBUS (Endoscopic Bronchial Ultrasonography)
3. Fine-needle Aspiration with EBUS EUS (Endoscopic Ultrasonography)

Fine-needle aspiration with EUS
Surgical (Invasive) diagnostic methods Mediastinoscopy VATS Thoracoscopy Thoracotomy