One of the most popular DIY cures involves rubbing Vicks VapoRub on the bottom of your child's feet and chest at night, covering with a warm towel for 30 seconds, and repeating a few times. Though it sounds odd, some parents swear that come morning, the nagging cough is a distant memory.
Yet, there is also one type of skin cancer which is a cancer of blood that really causes itchiness. It is the cutaneous T-cell lymphoma which is a growth of white blood cell in the skin. That explains why does skin cancer itch.
Many people with cancer do not have pain. This is because cancers do not have any nerves of their own. A growing tumour can press on nerves near to where it is growing and that is what causes pain. Between 3 and 5 out of 10 people with cancer (30 to 50%) will have some sort of pain.