can a doctor tell if u have cancer buy doing a cat scan????
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Maybe. A CT isn't always accurate, especially in locating how many tumors might be present. However, the doctor probably used the CT as a diagnostic tool to confirm what he suspected. So, it is not the CT but all the other facts put together that has made him come to this conclusion. \n\nThere are several types of benign liver tumors and perhaps your mother in law has all the symptoms that point towards one of them. You can read more about liver, tumors, and cancer on the American Cancer Society site:\n\nhttp://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_2_1x_what_is_liver_cancer_25.asp\n\nYour other option, if you do not trust the diagnosis of this doctor, you can ask for a second or third opinion. Another doctor may have an entirely different outlook, so second opinions are a valid approach.\n\nGood luck.
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A PET scan can be applied to any part of the body. However, it is used primarily in diagnosing cancer, due to the ability of the scan to easily detect metabolically active tissues such as cancerous growths. For more information, check out the Wikipedia article I have referenced below.
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I know you will be worried, but it could be something as simple as an infection or to the most other extreme, cancer.  Whatever it is, you've done the right thing by going back so quickly so when you find out the doctors will have a far better chance of treating it, whatever the case!!  \n\nNurses won't normally give an opinion as to what might be wrong so they don't frighten people, so please DON'T be worried by this!!\n\nGood luck for when you get your results, I'll be thinking of you!
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Usually pain is not a sign of cancer . When doing a self breast exam and you feel a lump usually something that is bad doesn't hurt and the lump will feel like it is fixed to the surrounding tissue. Usually we all have weird lumps before and during out menstrual cycle so self exams should be performed after your period. \nIf you feel pain it could be an infection or a blocked gland, just to be on the safe side go get it checked out.\nCancer does not discriminate between age, size and cultures, unfortunately it doesn't matter how old or small you are, there are always possibilities
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You are on internet now. Just click back to Home and click on search of any cancer you wish to know and you will find it immediately. Just try it now, and check me if I'm wrong.Happy searching.
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When you ask your doctor for a check-up, they will want to check you for serious conditions that can be caught early and successfully treated.\n\nThese screening exams are chosen based on your age, gender, family history and risk factors and what the doctor found on the physical exam.\n\nA good check-up will usually include basic bloodwork (a CBC, liver and kidney function tests, cholesterol and blood sugar), EKG  and sometimes a Chest X-ray. It can also include specific bloodwork (such as checking for prostate cancer) or tests such as a mammogram and PAP smear.\n\nMost of the diseases that these tests check for can't be identified with a simple physical and diagnosing them before they have symptoms can lead to simple and curative treatment.
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Who told you that you had cancer? You said the doctor said that you didn't? Did he do tests? That's the only way they find out. If he did tests and they were negative then you don't have cancer. If he did nothing and said you didn't have cancer then go to another doctor.
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Tell your doctor and he/ she will schedule a mammogram to check for cancer cells in the breast.  Just because a man's breast is not developed, he still might get cancer of the breast.
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So basically, your child has just been diagnosed with a neoplasm and you're thinking about suing the doctor presumably  for economic purposes. wow.\n\n////\n\nTo reply again: you're saying they misdiagnosed.  have you referred the child to another pool of doctors who drew another diagnose? is there no paraclinical evidence (cat,  rm scans, biopsing, etc) to back the original diagnosis?\n\nbasically, you're saying the neurologist drew the diagnosis out of thin air.
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No one can tell you what is going on except a doctor after he examines you and runs some tests.  You need to see the doctor to find out what is going on.
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a lump - call you doctor if you even THINK you might have a chance of having it - early detection is the only way to survive it!!!!
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There is no way to tell if a breast lump is cancerous or not without investigating it.  I have been a registered mammographer for over 15 years and I can tell you first hand that there are no set signs and symptoms of breast cancer.  I have heard many people say that if a breast lump hurts, then it is not cancer....NOT TRUE.  I have plenty of patients who ignored a painful lump because of this and had their breast cancer grown unchecked for months and unfortunately even years in some cases.  Call your local Pubic Health Department.  Even in our very small town, we have a program called Care For Her, which will provide mammograms and even follow up biopsies/treatment etc.  Not only could acting on this save your life, it could give you a better QUALITY of life as well.
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No only if you ask your Dr to check for it.
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The only sure way to diagnose is with a biopsy.  Make sure you are seeing a doctor who is a cancer specialist.\nThis site has a very active discussion group that should help you.\nhttp://www.ibcsupport.org/\n\nAlso there is info here.\nhttp://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Sites-Types/IBC\nGood luck!
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check with your doctor.
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The only way to know is if she takes a test - either an antibody test or a blood test. There's no other way for you to make a diagnosis, just like you couldn't diagnose if she had cancer.\n\nOnce she does take this test, there are tons of sites with information about AIDS. But I suggest that you first get her to take the test.\n\nGood luck
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Diagnosing Lung Cancer\n\nTo help find the cause of symptoms, the doctor evaluates a person's medical history, smoking history, exposure to environmental and occupational substances, and family history of cancer. The doctor also performs a physical exam and may order a chest x-ray and other tests. If lung cancer is suspected, sputum cytology (the microscopic examination of cells obtained from a deep-cough sample of mucus in the lungs) is a simple test that may be useful in detecting lung cancer. To confirm the presence of lung cancer, the doctor must examine tissue from the lung. A biopsy -- the removal of a small sample of tissue for examination under a microscope by a pathologist -- can show whether a person has cancer. A number of procedures may be used to obtain this tissue: \n\nBronchoscopy. The doctor puts a bronchoscope (a thin, lighted tube) into the mouth or nose and down through the windpipe to look into the breathing passages. Through this tube, the doctor can collect cells or small samples of tissue.\n\nNeedle aspiration. A needle is inserted through the chest into the tumor to remove a sample of tissue.\n\nThoracentesis. Using a needle, the doctor removes a sample of the fluid that surrounds the lungs to check for cancer cells.\n\nThoracotomy. Surgery to open the chest is sometimes needed to diagnose lung cancer. This procedure is a major operation performed in a hospital.\n\n \n ..........Lung cancer is difficult to detect early because symptoms usually do not appear until the disease is advanced. Symptoms depend on the location of the tumor and can include persistent cough, hoarseness or wheezing, shortness of breath, sputum streaked with blood, recurring bronchitis or pneumonia, weight loss and loss of appetite, and chest pain. \n\nPhysicians use several techniques to diagnose lung cancer, including the following:\n\nImaging Tests\nChest x-rays, computed tomography (CT) scans, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) help locate abnormal areas in the lung. \n\nLow-Dose Helical CT\nA technique called low-dose helical (or spiral) CT may offer a novel approach for diagnosing lung cancer by exposing the patient to less radiation than a conventional chest CT scan while allowing the doctor to see areas of the chest normally obscured in a standard x-ray. Memorial Sloan-Kettering is now studying the effectiveness of low-dose helical CT in a clinical trial. Outside of New York, the National Cancer Institute has begun a multi-center study of the technology.\n\nCombined PET/CT Scans\nMemorial Sloan-Kettering's radiology department includes the best combined PET/CT imaging technology available in the United States. This is particularly important in imaging lung cancer, which can be difficult to identify on a regular CT. To address this situation, a PET (positron emission tomography) scan, which picks up the metabolic signal of actively growing cancer cells in the body, is run simultaneously with the CT scan. This improved imaging capability provides for superior treatment planning because the details of the tumor are better defined. \n\nBronchoscopy & Biopsies\nA sputum sample can be analyzed for the presence of cancerous cells. Doctors may perform a bronchoscopy, which allows them to examine the bronchial passages using an instrument called a bronchoscope. This is a small tube that is inserted through the nose or mouth, down the throat and into the bronchi. During the procedure physicians may remove some tissue for analysis. \n\nA modified form of bronchoscopy called autofluorescence bronchoscopy, which can detect early invasive cancers not seen with standard x-rays or white-light bronchoscopy, is being used to detect very early lung cancer. \n\nTo examine areas of the lungs that are not accessible during a bronchoscopy, physicians may perform a needle biopsy ("fine needle aspiration" or FNA) to remove a small sample of tissue for analysis.