Do I Have Lung Cancer Quiz
Questions: 15 · 10 minutes
1. Which answer best reflects blood or unusual coloring when you cough?
I have not noticed blood or rust-colored mucus.
I noticed a spot once, but it appeared to come from a nosebleed, gums, or mouth irritation.
I have noticed unexplained rust-colored or blood-tinged mucus, but I could not identify its source.
I have definitely coughed up blood from my chest, even once, or produced more than a small streak.
2. Which statement best represents your history of smoking combustible tobacco, including cigarettes, cigars, or pipes?
I have never smoked, apart from perhaps a few experimental occasions.
I smoked occasionally or for a relatively short period and stopped.
I previously smoked regularly over a substantial period.
I currently smoke regularly or have a long, substantial smoking history.
3. Imagine a normal day of work, study, caregiving, or household tasks. How has your energy compared with your usual baseline?
My energy is typical for me.
I tire somewhat sooner, but rest restores me and there is an apparent short-term reason.
Unexplained fatigue repeatedly limits ordinary activities or has persisted for several weeks.
The weakness is profound, rapidly worsening, or accompanied by fainting, confusion, or inability to manage basic needs.
4. When doing an activity that is normally manageable, such as walking across a room or climbing familiar stairs, what happens?
My breathing feels normal for me.
I become slightly more winded than usual but recover quickly.
I repeatedly need to slow down or stop because of unexplained breathlessness.
I struggle to breathe at rest, cannot speak normally, feel faint, or notice blue-grey lips or skin.
5. How would you describe any new, unexplained pain or neurological change?
I have not experienced a new unexplained change of this kind.
I have mild, occasional discomfort that settles and has an apparent everyday explanation.
I have persistent unexplained bone, shoulder, back, or head pain, or a new problem with balance.
I have sudden weakness, confusion, a seizure, fainting, or a severe new headache with neurological changes.
6. Without intentionally changing your eating or activity, how has your weight changed?
I have not noticed unintentional weight loss.
My weight has shifted slightly within its usual range.
I have had a noticeable unexplained loss of weight or looser-fitting clothes.
I am losing weight rapidly or the loss comes with marked weakness, dehydration, or difficulty eating.
7. Thinking about homes, cars, and workplaces, how much secondhand tobacco smoke have you encountered?
I have not had regular secondhand-smoke exposure.
Exposure has been occasional or limited to a past, short period.
I lived or worked around indoor smoking regularly for several years.
I currently experience frequent indoor exposure or had intense exposure over many years.
8. What do you know about radon where you spend substantial time?
The relevant spaces were tested and any elevated level was professionally addressed.
The area is not known for elevated radon, but the building itself has not been tested.
The building has never been tested despite local radon concerns or being a lower-level space.
Testing found an elevated level that remains uncorrected, or I have spent years in a known high-radon setting.
9. At work or during major projects, what contact have you had with substances such as asbestos, silica dust, diesel exhaust, arsenic, chromium, or nickel compounds?
I am not aware of meaningful exposure to these substances.
I had limited contact while using appropriate controls and protective equipment.
I had repeated exposure, though controls or protective equipment were usually present.
I had substantial or ongoing exposure without reliable controls, or disturbed suspected asbestos without proper protection.
10. Which statement best describes your appetite and ability to eat?
My appetite and eating pattern have not changed unexpectedly.
My appetite dipped briefly during stress or a short illness and is returning.
I have an unexplained, persistent loss of appetite or feel full unusually quickly.
I can barely eat or drink, am becoming dehydrated, or have worsening trouble swallowing.
11. Which statement best describes your cough recently?
I do not currently have a cough.
I developed a short-lived cough that is clearly improving.
My cough has lasted about three weeks or longer, or my usual cough has noticeably changed.
My cough is rapidly worsening, leaves me struggling to breathe, or includes blood.
12. How would you characterize any recent chest discomfort?
I have not had recent chest discomfort.
I have had brief, mild discomfort with an apparent explanation such as a strained muscle.
I have recurring or persistent unexplained pain, especially when breathing deeply or coughing.
I have severe or rapidly worsening chest pain, particularly with breathlessness, sweating, or faintness.
13. What has happened to your voice without an obvious short-term cause such as cheering or a routine cold?
There has been no unexplained change.
My voice was mildly hoarse for a few days and is returning to normal.
Hoarseness or another voice change has persisted for roughly three weeks or keeps returning.
The voice change is worsening or occurs with trouble breathing or swallowing.
14. Which option best describes your relevant medical and family background?
I am not aware of a personal history or close-family pattern relevant to lung-cancer assessment.
A more distant relative had lung cancer, or details of my family history are limited.
A parent, sibling, or child had lung cancer, or I have a chronic lung condition that my clinician monitors.
I previously had lung cancer, received substantial radiation to the chest, or have several close relatives with lung cancer.
15. Over the recent months, what pattern of chest infections have you experienced?
I have not had an unusual chest infection pattern.
I had one infection that improved as expected.
Bronchitis, pneumonia, fever, or chest congestion has returned or has not fully cleared after treatment.
I currently have severe breathing difficulty, confusion, blue-grey lips or skin, or a rapidly worsening fever with chest symptoms.