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Your diagnosis

Testing, diagnosis, and monitoring

Testing, diagnosing, and monitoring NSCLC

As you are diagnosed and go through treatment for NSCLC, you might have a few different kinds of tests. These can help confirm your diagnosis, check for genetic changes like mutations, and monitor how well you are responding to your cancer treatment.1

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Biopsies

Biopsies

Biopsies are how your oncologist learns more about your NSCLC, including if you have a genetic change that could be causing the cancer.
Scans

Scans

Throughout NSCLC treatment, you’ll have a range of scans that can track tumours.
Genetic testing

Genetic testing

This type of testing is used to find out if you have any changes to your DNA (like mutations) that could be causing your cancer to grow.
Screening

Screening

Screening is used to find NSCLC early in people who are at high risk of developing it.
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NSCLC
Non-small cell lung cancer 

  1. American Cancer Society. Tests for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, 2017. Available from: https://www.cancer.org/cancer/non-small-cell-lung-cancer/detection-diagnosis-staging/how-diagnosed.html. Last accessed July 2021. 
  2. American Cancer Society. Can Lung Cancer Be Found Early? April 2021. Available from: https://www.cancer.org/cancer/lung-cancer/detection-diagnosis-staging/detection.html. Last accessed July 2021.