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If a biopsy confirms cancer, doctors will often order some form of imaging. Sometimes imaging comes before the biopsy; it depends on the type of cancer.

A scan in cancer is often done for one of the three reasons: The first is to check how big the mass is and see whether it’s directly invading different organs or structures. The second is to help decide whether we could or should try to cut out the cancer in the operating room. The last is to figure out whether the cancer has spread to other parts of the body.