Doctors told to consider shortness of breath and coughing as symptoms of LUNG CANCER because they are the earliest signs of the killer disease

Doctors are being told to be alert to shortness of breath and a cough as potential predictors of lung cancer.

The are becoming more common as the first symptom before diagnosis than they were previously, a study suggests.

Researchers examined nearly 28,000 medical records of adults who were diagnosed with lung cancer between 2000 and 2017 at more than 600 UK GP practices.

Coughing up blood is no longer reported as a first symptom of the disease, despite being regarded as such for decades.

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