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Does a normal esr/sedimentation rate rule out malignancy/tumor growth?
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No: ESR is not a rule in or rule out test. Meaning that having a high or low ESR does not mean it alone means anything for certain. It basically tests inflammation in the body. Sometimes tumor and malignancy cause inflammation, some other malignancies/tumors do not.. Theses tests are not used to say you DO or DO NOT have a malignancy or tumor growing in your body.
Answered 7/2/2014
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