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How do people diagnose whether or not they have cancer?
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Biopsy...: The diagnosis of a malignancy (cancer) depends upon the body site and type of disease process. A breast cancer would be different than a lung cancer, etc... In general, the patient has a physical exam followed by imaging of the body site (such as a ct scan). Once the tumor is identified by imaging, then some type of cellular or tissue biopsy is performed and sent to a lab for diagnosis.
Answered 4/20/2013
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