C. BEING OUT OF BREATH

Shortness of breath or a serious degree of being constantly out of breath can be a sign of certain cancers. Equally, cancer treatment also causes shortness of breath, as well as that feeling when you are not able to catch your breath. Such breathlessness is sometimes referred to as dyspnea and can happen rapidly and cause alarm. This occurs mostly in advanced cases of cancer.

At other times it’ll be mild but bothersome depending on your activity when it occurs. It is important to know that a cancer patient may experience dyspnea even with normal oxygen levels and that no one really dies from this symptom. However, as part of the patient’s palliative care, your medical team should know that you have these symptoms or if they get worse.