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Cancer is sneaky, which can make diagnosing cancer a real challenge. Many of the symptoms of cancers are nonspecific, which means the symptoms could point to a lot of different diseases. Often, it’s hard to know whether cancer is the cause of any particular symptom. This can lead to significant delays in the diagnosis of cancer. These delays often make patients feel frustrated and angry.

Cancer cells are so closely related to normal cells that it can be hard to find the differences. To understand each patient’s cancer, doctors use information from biopsies, scans, and clinical exams. We use that information to stage a patient’s tumor. This allows us to make appropriate treatment decisions.