“In fact, many of the warning signs that doctors notice in clinics are symptoms that people have been dealing with for months, and they often ignore them, thinking they’re just caused by stress, aging, or small problems with their lifestyle. From a medical point of view, it’s usually the delay in getting help that makes treating the illness more difficult, not the illness itself,” Dr. Gopal Sharma, Vice Chairman – Medical Oncology (Breast, Thoracic, Gynaecology), Max Super Speciality Hospital, Vaishali told TOI Health. The doctor has shared the common signs people ignore as normal.