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.
Lung cancer symptoms The early symptoms of lung cancer may be a slight cough or shortness of breath, depending on which part of the lung is affected. As the cancer develops, these symptoms may become more severe or intense. Like many other types of cancer, lung cancer may also cause systemic symptoms, like a loss of appetite or general fatigue.