How do you know if you have cancer?

Answer 1

Through a biopsy.

Answer 2

You don't, but in the interum - Try Vitamin C therapy. A few years ago a cancer researcher came out with a paper saying that the best cancer and infection fighter as yet found was Interferon, but, at the time, it cost $15,000 a gram. The good part was that Interferon was a product of the natural breakdown of Vitamin C in your system. Shortly after that paper came out the FDA tried to make Vit C by prescription only. Guess why? The FDA says that the RDA for Vit C is 64 mg a day, just enough to prevent scurvy. Linus Pauling, who got a Nobel Prize for his work with Vit C and a second Nobel Prize for organic chemistry, said 1000 mg a day as a minimum and 2000 mg a day if you are sick. On a personal note, I was sick twice a year, for 2 weeks at a time, for 20 years, and was flat on my back for at least a week each time. To this day the doctors have no idea what the problem was. After I gave up on the doctors I tried Vit C. I took enough to keep from being sick and just below too much to get diarrhea. It followed a bell curve over 2 weeks with a peak at 40,000 mg a day – about 300,000 over the 2 weeks. I was not sick for those 2 weeks and after a couple of years of that I have not been sick since. I did not dissolve my kidneys, as some doctors said would happen. I did not get any calcium build up or stones and did not dissolve my cones or solidify my joints. Try it, but drink a lot of water – Vit C is a natural diuretic.

Answer 3

this depends..there are lots of blood tests that screen for certain types of cancers, ie: prostate, breast etc... everyone has cancerous cells at any given time, it is when they bodys natural defence against these fails and they start to replicate that there is a problem.

Screening is wise especially if you have a mother or sister with breast cancer, or a father or brother with prostate cancer...they can detect markers to see if you carry the same cancer causing gene, then it is about going for frequent check ups and doing self exams...which everyone should do anyways...there is no way to tell if you have something like colon cancer or stomach cancer until some symtoms start to appear, then you would go to the doctor to make a diagnosis..it isnt something to stress yourself over though, live your life and go for regular check ups, if you have high risk factors go more often. my mostly live your life, even if you did develop cancer at one point in your life, doesnt mean you should stop living.

Answer 4

The only way to know for certain is to have further testing. Usually a CT scan will show abnormal things. SOmetimes cancers can be diagnosed by CTs. Other times it takes a PET scan or a biopsy of the tumor/growth. Biopsy is when they go in and cut a small part out or take some fluid off of the tumor and test the specimen.

Answer 5

Diagnosing cancer
Most cancers are initially recognized either because signs or symptoms appear or through screening. Neither of these lead to a definitive diagnosis, which usually requires the opinion of a pathologist.

Signs and symptoms
Roughly, cancer symptoms can be divided into three groups:

Local symptoms: unusual lumps or swelling (tumor), hemorrhage (bleeding), pain and/or ulceration. Compression of surrounding tissues may cause symptoms such as jaundice.

Symptoms of metastasis (spreading): enlarged lymph nodes, cough and hemoptysis, hepatomegaly (enlarged liver), bone pain, fracture of affected bones and neurological symptoms. Although advanced cancer may cause pain, it is often not the first symptom.

Systemic symptoms: weight loss, poor appetite and cachexia (wasting), excessive sweating (night sweats), anemia and specific paraneoplastic phenomena, i.e. specific conditions that are due to an active cancer, such as thrombosis or hormonal changes.

Every single item in the above list can be caused by a variety of conditions (a list of which is referred to as the differential diagnosis). Cancer may be a common or uncommon cause of each item.

For more visit-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer#Prevention

Answer 6

It depends on the cancer.

Some cancer types you can actually diagnose yourself and others only a doctor can diagnose.

To find out if you have cancer see your family physician.

Answer 7

everyone has cancer cells in them at all times the killer t cells or constantly killing Cancer cells .there in the body at all times.weaken a part of your body and those cancer cells will multiply faster then they can be killed.I do not know how the detect cancer, probably with blood tests and biopsies.
I pray you don't have cancer buildup in your body

Answer 8

depends which cancer ur talkin abt all the time

1.check ups
2.blood test

etc

Answer 9

You don't, unless of course you want it then you can have it. I read a 33 page article about a better sex life on a plane once and when I got off the plane I gave up my thoughts towards the priesthood. LOL!

See your doctor and good luck!