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How is cancer diagnosed in most people?
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Too broad a question: Cancer generally presents as a mass in an organ, e.g., breast, lung, colon, prostate, pancreas, liver etc. For a definitive diagnosis the entire lesion or a part of it is removed and examined by a pathologist. Different imaging and biopsy procedures are used for different organs and types of cancers.
Answered 6/6/2012
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