Just like other form of bone cancer,sacoma diagonises begin with a visit to the hospital to see a doctor if you do experienced persistent pain in the night,who will run a series tests or X-rays.There after if the RESULT prove inconclusive,your doctor may probably refer you to a specialist who then carry out other investigations and from the investigation,he will decide if you need to be referred to a specialist hospital for further tests.
In the course of the investigation,the doctor will take take your full medical history before you are allowed to do any physical examination.Some of the investigation include an examination of the painful bone to check for any swelling ,changes or tenderness.
In the course of the examination,the doctor will reffered you to go through some test such as MRI scan(magnetic resonance imaging) which uses magnetism instead of x-rays to build up cross -section pictures of your body.
Another test that you go through is called bone scan which reveals any abnormallties around your bone .Here a small amout of radioactive substance is injected into your vein,usually in your arm.A” hot spot” revealed abnormalities because abnormal bones absorbs more radioactive substance than normal bone thus therse areas are highlighted and picked up by the machine.
In between those test you will also go through CT (computerised tomography) scan,chest x-ray and bone biopsy in which a small part of the tumor is taken from the affected bone and then examines under a microscope.This will reveals the type of the tumor you might have in detail.
