To diagnose bone cancer, your doctor will ask about symptoms and examine you. You may have the following tests to confirm diagnosis:bone x-ray, ultrasound and CT scan or MRI-these are done to check the bones, muscles, organs and tissues in your body. MRI and CT scans can show how much of the bone is affected. Bone scans are more sensitive at checking for bone cancer than a simple X-ray. A small amount of harmless radioactive dye is injected into a vein. This collects in areas of the bone that may have cancer and is picked up by the scan. A sample of cells or tissue may be removed from the bone for testing. The procedure is done under local anaesthesia. Sometimes doctors do an operation called a surgical or open biopsy under general anaesthesia.
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