You are diagnosed with advanced lung cancer when the cancer spreads from the lungs to any other part of the body. This may occur either when you are diagnosed or even after treatment.
Lung cancer can spread either within the lung itself or to other parts of the body.
The advanced lung cancer is most likely to spread to the lymph nodes within the chest, abdomen, neck or armpits, the liver, the bones or the brain.
Please remember, just because you have cancer does not mean that all aches and pains that you get is caused by the cancer. It is very important to immediately tell your doctor or any new symptoms that start worrying you. They may not be caused by the cancer. Here, the doctor will be able to help.