Kidney Cancer

[Guest]

When looking at typical bloodwork,what test,in particular, would you look at if you wanted to rule out nhl or hodgkins? This is with the knowledge of an enlarged spleen. What other bloodwork would you request?

[Guest]

We are not hematologists or oncologists, but I am not aware of any typical blood work that rules out NHL or Hodgkin’s disease.
It is my understanding that biopsy (excisional or needle) of abnormal nodes is the only way to determine if lymphoma was present and to determine its type.

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