Cancer Tests and Procedures

Waiting for even minor tests and procedures can be stressful if you don’t know what to expect.

The test and procedure information sheets below provide practical information about how to prepare, what to expect, whether you will need a driver to take you home, and how you will get the results.

The test and procedure information sheets below are intended as a resource for patients receiving their cancer care within the Duke University Hospital and Duke Clinic. They are not intended to substitute for medical advice from your healthcare team. If your doctor’s instructions differ from the information in the information sheet, please talk with your doctor before making any changes.

Angiography/Angiogram

Apheresis-Children's Health Center

Apheresis-Morris Clinic

Apheresis-North Pavilion

Chest X-ray

Clean Intermittent Bladder Self-Catheterization: Adult Female

Clean Intermittent Bladder Self-Catheterization: Adult Male

Colonoscopy

Computed Tomography (CT) Scan

Doppler Study

Echocardiogram

Electrocardiogram

Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)

Endoscopic Ultrasound

Endoscopy of the Esophagus, Stomach, and Duodenum

Esophageal Endoscopic Ultrasound

Feeding Gastrostomy Tube (PEG) Placement

Feeding Jejunostomy Tube Placement

Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing

Flexible Sigmoidoscopy

Gallium Scan

Lumbar Puncture/Spinal Tap

Lymph Node Biopsy

MIBG Scan

Magnetic Resonance Imagining (MRI)

MUGA Scan

Nasogastric and NasoEnteric Tube Placement

PET Scan

Rectal Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)

Skin Biopsy

SPECT Scan: Heart or Lung

Ultrasound Scanning

Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study (VFSS) (Modified Barium Swallow)