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Why that TB diagnosis could turn out to be lung cancer

Portrait of a woman on a white background. [Photo: Courtesy]

Nearly half of lung cancer patients die after being misdiagnosed with tuberculosis.

Many clinicians, research has revealed, put patients with these symptoms; coughing, weight loss and shortness of breath on TB medication at first observation.

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