Eating the right foods and drinking plenty of water is always important to your health. Focusing on good nutrition is even more important before and after you donate plasma. Follow these tips for a safe and successful plasma donation experience and to get your body ready to donate. On this page: Before you donate plasma, After you donate plasma, Anytime.
Screening Tests That Have Been Shown to Reduce Cancer Deaths. 1  Colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, and high-sensitivity fecal occult blood tests (FOBTs) These tests have all been shown to reduce deaths from colorectal cancer. 2  Low-dose helical computed tomography.
The samples may show cancer cells, proteins or other substances made by the cancer. Blood tests can also give your doctor an idea of how well your organs are functioning and if they've been affected by cancer. Examples of blood tests used to diagnose cancer include: Complete blood count (CBC). This common blood test measures the amount of various types of blood cells in a sample of your blood. Blood cancers may be detected using this test if too many or too few of a type of blood cell or abnormal cells are found. A bone marrow biopsy may help confirm a diagnosis of a blood cancer.