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Diagnostic Tests

Dana-Farber's Patient and Family Education Committee has created the following teaching sheets to help patients understand some of the tests they may be taking during their care.

Barium enema: Lower GI series

[English]

Biopsy: Head and neck patients

[English]

Blood counts

[English] [Spanish]

Breast biopsy

[English]

Bronchoscopy

[English]

Screening and prevention for people with a family history of colorectal cancer

[English]

What is a lumbar puncture?

[English]

Mammography

[English]

Mediastinoscopy

[English]

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

[English]

Nasopharyngoscopy

[English]

Needle aspiration

[English]

Paracentesis

[English]

Photodynamic therapy

[English]

Preparing for your PET or PET/CT scan

[English]

Sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer

[English]

Understanding upper endoscopy and colonoscopy

[English]

Upper GI

[English]