Can a doctor see if you have leukemia from a mono blood test?
No, doctor has to order CBC to check for leukemia first and then a confirmatory test
Last updated on 20 Feb 2023
CBC test is done by pricking or collecting venous blood. The test shows the nutritional status and the number of white blood cells, red blood cells and platelet count which can help detect cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma.
Yes, CBC is the prelimnary test for blood cancer
Neutrophils are sometimes reffered to as polymorphous in the CBC diffrential test.
Morph means shape or size
Apart from leukemia, to detect other cancers one has to order other cancer marker tests
Complete Blood Picture, Complete Blood Profile, CBP
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