What can cause shortness of breath in people with cancer?

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    Good In Bed answered:
    A bout with cancer could cause shortness of breath. This symptom -- also known as dyspnea -- can be caused by lung cancer and its treatments, chemotherapy, anxiety and stress, and other illnesses that sometimes crop up when your immune system is compromised. In fact, as many as half of all cancer patients experience shortness of breath at some point.
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