Red Flags Of Cancer

Question 1

Urgent 3 star

Answer 1

Severe progressive anaemia

Recurrent progressive infections or bruising or purpura (pin point bruising which looks like a rash of flat purplish spots) and bleeding

Question 2

1or 2 star weight?

Answer 2

Over weeks to months: unexplained weight loss, recurrent sweats - esp at night fevers and poor appetite.

Question 3

1 or 2 star lumps

Answer 3

Unexplained irregular shaped lump over 1cm. Usually hard, painless and fixed

Question 4

1 or 2 star bleeding

Answer 4

Blood in vomit, urine, rectal or vaginal.
Surface of skin from tumour

Question 5

1-2 star multiple lymph node enlargement

Answer 5

Swelling of Cervical, armpits and groin lymph nodes for more than 2 weeks with no other obvious reason. High priority if with other symptoms too.

Question 6

1-2 star single lymph node enlargement

Answer 6

If a single node is very enlarged - typical of lymphoma

Question 7

Abdo swelling can be a sign of a cancer metastasising if it is progressive

Answer 7

Painless abdo swelling (ascitis) particularly progressive over the course of a few weeks