Marie-Sophie Marceau is an attorney in the civil and commercial litigation group. In her practice, she appears before courts and administrative tribunals and is involved in every stage of injunctions, shareholder disputes, commercial leases and hidden defect, civil liability and dismissal cases.
By the time the patient sees a doctor, the lung cancer may already be well advanced. Stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer produces symptoms that can include shortness of breath, persistent coughing, coughing up of blood, pain in the upper body, wheezing, hoarseness, and frequent bouts of bronchitis.Patients in the advanced states of lung cancer are also susceptible to pneumonia.tage IV is the diagnosis when one or more of the following is true: (1) there are one or more tumors in both lungs; (2) cancer is found in fluid around the lungs or the heart; and/or (3) cancer has spread to other parts of the body, such as the brain, liver, adrenal glands, kidneys, or bone.
The suspicion for lung cancer is higher when these symptoms are accompanied by weight loss, fatigue and loss of appetite. Other less common symptoms of lung cancer include difficulty swallowing, arm numbness and pain, and swelling in the face and arms.he most common symptoms of lung cancer include: 1  A cough that worsens over time or does not get better. 2  Coughing up blood. 3  Shortness of breath and wheezing. 4  Hoarseness. 5  Weakness or tiredness. 6  Unintentional weight loss. 7  Constant arm or chest wall pain.