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Doctors use many tests to find, or diagnose, a neuroendocrine tumor (NET) of the pancreas. They also do tests to learn if cancer has spread to another part of the body from where it started. If the tumor has spread, it is called metastasis. Doctors may also do tests to learn which treatments could work best.

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Doctors use many tests to find, or diagnose, cancer. They also do tests to learn if cancer has spread to another part of the body from where it started. If the cancer has spread, it is called metastasis. Doctors may also do tests to learn which treatments could work best.

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Doctors use many tests to find, or diagnose, a tumor. They also do tests to learn if it is cancerous, and if so, whether it has spread to another part of the body from where it started. If a cancerous tumor has spread, it is called metastasis. Doctors may also do tests to learn which treatments could work best.

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Doctors use many tests to find, or diagnose, mastocytosis. Doctors may also do tests to learn which treatments could work best.

A biopsy is the only sure way for the doctor to know whether an area of the body has mastocytosis. In a biopsy, the doctor takes a small sample of tissue for testing in a laboratory. If a biopsy is not possible, the doctor may suggest other tests that will help make a diagnosis.

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Doctors use many blood and bone marrow tests to diagnose leukemia. They also do tests to learn how much it may have spread. Doctors may also do tests to learn which treatments could work best.

A patient’s signs and symptoms may cause a doctor to suspect leukemia. But, blood and/or bone marrow tests are the only way to know whether a person has leukemia.

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Doctors use many blood and bone marrow tests to diagnose HCL and PLL. They also use these tests to find out how much the disease has spread. Doctors may also do tests to learn which treatments could work best.

Your doctor may suspect that you have HCL or PLL based on your symptoms. Blood and bone marrow tests are the only sure way for the doctor to know if you have HCL or PLL.

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Doctors use many tests to diagnose eosinophilia. Although a patient’s signs and symptoms may cause a doctor to suspect eosinophilic leukemia, it is diagnosed only by testing a patient’s blood and bone marrow. Doctors may also do tests to learn which treatments could work best.