Left breast pain - TERRIFIED

**KimCrain** · 01-30-2012 06:56 PM

Yikes. I'm scared now because I smoke and I have a family history of breast cancer. I'm too scared to admit to the doctor that I smoke because insurance may not cover it. Does anyone know if there's a blood test I can do from home for cancer cells?

**ItsASecret** · 01-30-2012 07:07 PM

Does anyone know if there's a blood test I can do from home for cancer cells?

Not at all. Blood tests for cancer antigens only occur in a hospital and the analysis in a medical laboratory. There is no "home method" to detect cancer cells or cancer antigens. You can get a swab done in your home for cancer genes however that will also need to be sent to the lab at the hospital. Nothing occurs actually at home as a diagnosis and nothing is cheap if insurance is not there. Everything that could potentially lead to a diagnosis of cancer occurs in a hospital. Everything that may claim that you can detect cancer at home is a total lie and scam, do not fall for those things, the diagnosis must occur by a doctor and through medical laboratory analysis of fluids, biopsies, or scans.

**KimCrain** · 02-08-2012 12:04 PM

Originally Posted by KimCrain

Yikes. I'm scared now because I smoke and I have a family history of breast cancer. I'm too scared to admit to the doctor that I smoke because insurance may not cover it. Does anyone know if there's a blood test I can do from home for cancer cells? *removed hidden link*

Thanks for the feedback, everyone. I guess I'd better just suck it up and see a specialist. You are right; everything could lead to cancer these days. Even the cell phones and microwaves we use could be dangerous.