Blood tests for cancer are one of the many tools that healthcare providers may use to diagnose and stage malignancies (cancers).
The FDA has approved Shield, a blood test that can help in the diagnosis of colon cancer. The American Cancer Society says that more than 150,000 people will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in...
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Guardant Health’s blood test, called Shield, to screen for colon cancer.
Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday recommended for the approval of Guardant Health’s blood test to detect colorectal cancer.
Early detection has the potential to reduce cancer mortality, but an effective screening test must demonstrate asymptomatic cancer detection years before conventional diagnosis in a longitudinal st...
Endometrial cancer is most often diagnosed after a woman goes to her doctor because she has symptoms. If there’s a possibility you could have endometrial cancer, you should be examined by a gynecologist. This is a doctor trained to diagnose and treat diseases of the female reproductive system. Gynecologists can diagnose endometrial cancer, and sometimes treat it. Specialists in treating cancers of the endometrium and other female reproductive organs are called gynecologic oncologists. These do...
Tests can work out whether someone has blood cancer. They also help diagnose what type of blood cancer it is, such as leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma.
Tests to diagnose bladder cancer ; Biopsy ; Computed tomography (CT) urogram or intravenous pyelogram (IVP) ; Urine tumor marker test
The complete blood count (CBC) is a test that measures the levels of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets in the blood. If too many myeloma cells are in the bone marrow (where new blood cells are made), some of these blood cell levels can be low. The most common finding is a low red blood cell count (anemia). Levels of blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine, albumin, calcium, and othe ...
Tests that examine the liver and the blood are used to detect and diagnose liver cancer. Learn about how liver cancer is diagnosed and factors that affect prognosis.