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How do doctors say that a person has stomach cancer just by a blood test?

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Diagnosis: Of stomach cancer or any solid cancer cannot be made on basis of blood test alone. Usually a tissue biopsy is required for diagnosis, except in rare cases or in blood cell malignancies such as leukemia.

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Answered 11/2/2015

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