Oncology

Effective diagnostic testing is used to confirm or eliminate the presence of disease, monitor the disease process, and to plan for and evaluate the effectiveness of treatment. Diagnosing cancer at its earliest stages often provides the best chance for a cure. With this in mind, depending on the location and the risk-factors, different modes of cancer screening are made available at Jupiter.

Physical Examination:Your doctor may feel areas of your body for lumps that may indicate a tumor. During a physical exam, he or she may look for abnormalities, such as changes in skin color or enlargement of an organ, ulcer in oral cavity, lumps in neck, Breast or any other part of the body that may indicate the presence of cancer.

Your doctor may feel areas of your body for lumps that may indicate a tumor. During a physical exam, he or she may look for abnormalities, such as changes in skin color or enlargement of an organ, ulcer in oral cavity, lumps in neck, Breast or any other part of the body that may indicate the presence of cancer.

Laboratory tests, such as urine and blood tests, may help your doctor identify abnormalities that can be caused by cancer.

Our Radiology Department has access to the most advanced technology available today for imaging of cancer. Imaging Tests used in diagnosing cancer include a Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan, Bone Scan, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan, Ultrasound and X-ray, among others.

A PET/CT scan is most commonly used for determining the extent of disease (staging), assessing response to therapy, and detecting recurrence of disease post treatment. (restaging), and identifying likely sites of primary malignancy, guiding the site of biopsy and in radiotherapy planning.

During a biopsy, a sample of cells is collected for testing in the laboratory. In most cases, a biopsy is the only way to definitively diagnose cancer. Biopsies are usually performed to determine whether a tumor is malignant (cancerous) or to determine the cause of an infection.