The client, a 63-year-old man who has smoked 2 packs of cigarettes per day for 45 years, has just had his brother die of small cell lung cancer
Knowing that cancer is easier to cure in the early stages, the client asks you about early symptoms of lung cancer. What is your best re-sponse? A. "There are no early symptoms of lung cancer."
B. "Early symptoms of lung cancer include bloody sputum and nagging chest pain."
C. "Early symptoms are nonspecific, consisting of cough and shortness of breath on moderate exertion."
D. "Wheezing on exhalation should always be considered a positive sign of lung cancer until proven otherwise."
C
The early symptoms of lung cancer are nonspecific (chronic cough, less endurance with heavy exercise, more easily becoming short of breath) and could be associated with almost any acute or chronic pulmonary problem. Pain, abnormal breath sounds, and bloody sputum are late manife-stations of some types of lung cancer.
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