Friday, February 12, 2010

Cancer report Needed (A false 1 for a report) Please read below?

I Need to help my son with a report. I Have found alot of sites but I cant find what Im looking for.


What I need is a copy (False or whatever) What a Dr would hand you with the info that you have cancer and all the numbers on your blood work and so On. Like a sample report. As if you looked at it you would think that he has cancer. He likes to do his reports as best he can And I Just cant seem to find that info. I can find info about what kind and treatment but not the reports. Anyone out there that can help me???? Report is due Monday. Thank You If need be you can e-mail me alsoCancer report Needed (A false 1 for a report) Please read below?
The reasons why you can麓t find the reposrts is because they are confidential. I work in an Oncology Gastro lab and I have never seen such a report (I am a researcher, not a physician).





Maybe your son could make one up himsef based on a few pieces of information taken from the Mayo clinic website:





Cancer blood tests are Lab tests used in cancer diagnosis


Cancer blood tests and other laboratory tests may help doctors make a cancer diagnosis.





Blood tests alone can rarely, if ever, show the presence or absence of cancer. If doctors suspect cancer, he or she may order certain cancer blood tests or other laboratory tests, such as an analysis of urine, to help guide the diagnosis. While cancer blood tests generally can't tell whether a patient has cancer or some other noncancerous condition, they can give your doctor clues about what's going on inside the body.





Blood and urine samples are analyzed in a lab. If the doctor finds cancer cells, too many or too few cells of a particular type, or abnormal types of cells, or if any of various other substances are detected, it may indicate cancer. For example, in case of leukemia 鈥?a blood cancer 鈥?cancerous white blood cells can be seen under a microscope. A common blood test called complete blood count (CBC) measures the amount of various types of blood cells in a sample of your blood. CBC may give your doctor an idea of what's causing your signs and symptoms.





Blood and urine samples may also be tested for various substances, called tumor markers, which may indicate cancer. Tumor markers are typically chemicals made by tumor cells, but tumor makers are also produced by some normal cells in your body.





For instance, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a tumor marker sometimes used to screen men for prostate cancer, though this is somewhat controversial. Any man who hasn't had his prostate removed has a detectable level of PSA in his blood. An abnormally elevated PSA level may prompt your doctor to recommend further testing for prostate cancer. Another tumor marker is cancer antigen 125 (CA 125), which may be elevated in women with ovarian cancer, though levels can be elevated in people with other types of cancer and with many benign conditions. A high CA 125 result may prompt your doctor to recommend further testing to determine the cause.





Test results must be interpreted carefully because several factors can influence test outcomes, such as variations in the body or what the patient eats. In addition, it's important to remember that noncancerous conditions can sometimes cause abnormal test results. And, in other cases, cancer may be present even though the blood test results are normal.





Though blood and urine tests can help give doctor sclues, other tests are usually necessary to make the diagnosis. For most forms of cancer, a biopsy 鈥?a procedure to obtain a sample of suspicious cells for testing 鈥?is usually necessary to make a definitive diagnosis.





In some cases, tumor marker levels are monitored over time. Cancer blood markers are most helpful after cancer diagnosis. Doctor may use these tests to determine whether cancer is responding to treatment or whether it is growing.





You can find more info on tests for cancer diagnosis here


http://www.cancure.org/tests_to_detect_c鈥?/a>

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