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.
End-of-life care becomes a central issue as this progressive disease enters the final stages. Symptoms of end-stage lung cancer consist of general symptoms of organ failure and symptoms that occur specifically with the disease.Lung cancer patients commonly experience shortness of breath as part of their disease process due to the tumor growth and fluid buildup in the lungs.nd-of-life care becomes a central issue as this progressive disease enters the final stages. Symptoms of end-stage lung cancer consist of general symptoms of organ failure and symptoms that occur specifically with the disease.