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Cancer Diagnosis - Laboratory Tests
What are the different types of laboratory tests?
Clinical chemistry uses chemical processes to measure levels of chemical components in body fluids and tissues. The most common specimens used in clinical chemistry are blood and urine. Many different tests exist to detect and measure almost any type of chemical component in blood or urine. Components may include blood glucose, electrolytes, enzymes, hormones, lipids (fats), other metabolic substances, and proteins. The following are some of the more common laboratory tests:
- Blood Tests
- Urinalysis
- Tumor Markers
- Blood Tests
- A variety of blood tests are used to check the levels of substances in the blood that indicate how healthy the body is and whether infection is present.
- Urinalysis
- Urinalysis breaks down the components of urine to check for the presence of drugs, blood, protein, and other substances.
- Tumor Markers
- Tumor markers are substances either released by cancer cells into the blood or urine or substances created by the body in response to cancer cells.
