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Would WBC Count Be Normal During Early Stages Of Lung Cancer?
Question: Can your WBC count be normal in early stages of Lung Cancer
Brief Answer:
Yes, it is mostly normal.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Early stages of lung cancer has no effect on blood count.
So total white cell count (WBC) is normal in early stages of lung cancer.
Hope I have solved your query.
I will be happy to help you further.
Wish you good health. Thanks.
Yes, it is mostly normal.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Early stages of lung cancer has no effect on blood count.
So total white cell count (WBC) is normal in early stages of lung cancer.
Hope I have solved your query.
I will be happy to help you further.
Wish you good health. Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thank you.
Generally when will it start to show up in your blood? Is it a broad spectrum? Could it be days and in other cases months?
Generally when will it start to show up in your blood? Is it a broad spectrum? Could it be days and in other cases months?
Brief Answer:
Lung cancer can not detected by blood counts.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on HCM.
I can understand your concern.
Actually lung cancer has no effect on blood counts.
So you can not predict any change in count in lung cancer.
If infection is there or chemotherapy is started than counts can vary.
So you can not predict lung cancer by blood counts.
Tumour markers like CEA, HCG etc are raised in lung cancer.
These are not counts, they are non specific tumour markers.
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Wish you good health. Thanks.
Lung cancer can not detected by blood counts.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on HCM.
I can understand your concern.
Actually lung cancer has no effect on blood counts.
So you can not predict any change in count in lung cancer.
If infection is there or chemotherapy is started than counts can vary.
So you can not predict lung cancer by blood counts.
Tumour markers like CEA, HCG etc are raised in lung cancer.
These are not counts, they are non specific tumour markers.
Hope I have solved your query.
If you are not having further queries, then please close the conversation and rate my answer.
You can ask me directly on bit.ly/askdrkaushalbhavsar.
Wish you good health. Thanks.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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