Patient and Physician
SanaFontis Diagnosis

Early Detection

While in its early stages cancer does not cause any pain and therefore goes often undetected until it has reached an advanced stage and tumours have metastasised all over the body. But smaller tumours are much easier to treat, and early treatment considerably improves a patient’s chances of full recovery. If we have reason to suspect a tumour we carefully examine our patients to obtain a sure diagnosis.

Our range of services

After taking a patient’s detailed medical history and carefully examining him or her we perform diagnostic tests based on the previous findings to detect tumours:

  • Extensive lab tests to identify tumour markers and the micronutrient profile
  • Urinalysis
  • Faecal occult blood test (Hemoccult® test)
  • Lung X-rays from two different angles
  • Ultrasound examination of the abdomen
  • CT (computed tomography) of the skull, lung and abdomen
  • PET (positron emission tomography)
  • PET-CT (combined PET and CT scan)
  • Special ultrasound examinations, eg of the thyroid gland, lymph nodes or pleura
  • Bone marrow biopsy
  • Diagnostic pleura or ascites puncture
  • Lymph node biopsy
  • Coloscopy
  • Gastroscopy
  • Rectoscopy
  • Dermatoscopy
  • Bronchoscopy
  • PSA test
  • Identification of genetic breast cancer markers