How to identify cancer with a blood test
Formerly Andrey Kaprin toldwhat general blood analysis allows you to identify pathological changes in the body in various diseases of an infectious and non-infectious nature. For example, any change in the amount of hemoglobin, white blood cells, blood sugar and ESR for no apparent reason speaks of a hidden disease.
Also at the first suspicion of oncology, a biochemical blood test is also prescribed. According to the chief oncologist, it allows you to more accurately judge the state of the body as a whole, the work of its individual systems and organs. In this analysis, indicators such as:
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low serum albumin;
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high activity of aldolase and lactate dehydrogenase;
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high levels of gamma and alpha-2 globulins;
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high levels of calcium;
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high levels of cortisol. ⠀
Physicians also prescribe blood tests and tumor markers – most often already in the treatment of cancer. Although one of them is blood test for PSA – helps to detect prostate cancer.
