Table 2.

Chest X-ray results for particular lung cancer symptoms.

		Chest X-ray results
			Negative
Symptom	Number of patients with this symptom	Positive	Normal	Abnormal, no cancer suspected
Haemoptysis	41	20	2	6
Loss of weight	47	21	4	4
Loss of appetite	32	13	3	2
Shortness of breath	94	38	6	7
Chest or rib pain	68	23	5	2
Fatigue	50	17	2	1
Cough	120	60	6	11
Hoarseness	15	6	0	0