10 Symptoms That May Indicate Large Cell Carcinoma

2. Coughing Up Blood

Another highly common and very startling symptom of large cell carcinoma is coughing up blood, otherwise known as hemoptysis. Studies have shown about seven to ten percent of lung cancer patients present with hemoptysis as a symptom and about twenty percent of lung cancer patients will begin to cough up blood during their illness. While blood might originally come from the lungs, it can potentially come from vomiting, inside of the nose, or within the upper respiratory system. This is why it is important for a doctor treating a lung cancer patient to figure out where the blood is coming from as well as how much blood the patient is losing every day. This symptom can be treated by a bronchoscopy or the creation of an artificial block to stop the bleeding.