Sister
11-29-2002, 05:40 AM
Can someone tell me how ovarian cancer is diagnosed? By ultrasound? Thank you.
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Jay Tor
11-30-2002, 06:09 PM
I suggest that you look this up on cancernet, the official National Cancer Institute site.
http://imsdd.meb.uni-bonn.de/cancernet/cancernet.html
Diagnostic techniques can change because of improvements in technology. But unless you have a very obvious cancer-like growth [irregular shape, with lots of vascularization], it's unlikely that a positive diagnosis of cancer can be made just with ultrasound. The standard way to diagnose cancer is to do a biopsy -this means taking some tissue and examining it under a microscope.
[This message has been edited by Jay Tor (edited 11-30-2002).]
http://imsdd.meb.uni-bonn.de/cancernet/cancernet.html
Diagnostic techniques can change because of improvements in technology. But unless you have a very obvious cancer-like growth [irregular shape, with lots of vascularization], it's unlikely that a positive diagnosis of cancer can be made just with ultrasound. The standard way to diagnose cancer is to do a biopsy -this means taking some tissue and examining it under a microscope.
[This message has been edited by Jay Tor (edited 11-30-2002).]