Is there a way to check for any cancer in the body using a blood test?

Question:

My friend's gyn doctor told her she has uterine polyps, maybe fibroids, based on ultrasound and suggested D&C & hysteroscopy to find out. Is there a way she can check if these polyps really need to be removed (i.e. cancerous) or not, without having to undergo D&C to find out?

Answers:
Well you can't really be completely sure without it. Types of cancer can have effects on certain cell counts, but so can a magnitude of other things. The primary function of that test is to be 100% sure one way or the other, and when it comes to dealing with these things, you don't want to be less sure at all.

So there's no 100% sure way that I'm aware of to find out one way or the other, save for exactly what you've mentioned.

Yes there are blood test that will show cancer but they cost so much insurance companys wont pay for them so doctors wont mention them.

yes.

Is there a way to check for any cancer in the body using a blood test?

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