Cancer Diagnostics; Improve Cancer Outcomes by Providing Care at Early as Possible
Cancer Diagnostics Cancer diagnostics are procedures used to identify cancer with or without incision in the body. Early diagnosis and treatment of cancer is important for long-term survival. Imaging tests used in cancer diagnostics may include X-ray, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), bone scan, computerized tomography (CT) scan, and positron emission tomography (PET), among others. Tumor biomarkers tests are also used to diagnose cancer, such as RAS mutation test, EGFR mutation test, carcioembryonic test (CEA), ALK test for lung cancer, BRCA test, CA-19 test for pancreatic cancer, Alfa-fetoprotein test (AFP), circulating tumor cells (CTC), and prostate specific antigen (PSA), among others. A biopsy is the main way doctors diagnose most types of cancer. Other tests can suggest that cancer is present, but only a biopsy can make a diagnosis. Biopsy confirms the diagnosis of a cancer and is usually the first step to treatment. The site of biopsy depends on how invasiv...