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What are the blood tests used to diagnose lymphoma at early stages?
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Unfortunately: there are no blood test that can accurately diagnose lymphoma at early stages. Diagnosis of lymphoma usually requires radiological studies combined with tissue biopsy.
Answered 12/1/2015
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Flow cytometry: Cytologic smears and flow cytometry of mass or blood may be used for detecting early disease, if confirmed by an expert hematopathologist. Blood test per se is a late event usually when lymphoma happens in nodes or extranodal tissues such as stomach or skin.
Answered 7/12/2015
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