CLINICAL EXAMINATION

CLINICAL EXAMINATION Clinical examination is guided by the motive of the first consultation, the symptoms reported by the patient and the initial findings by the doctor at the organ level (area?) Ill.

Clinical examination includes:

It includes:

• physical examination of the affected region, then a thorough examination

• an initial assessment of the overall condition of the person consulting designed to assess weight

• the status of major cardiac, pulmonary, renal, mental,

• tolerance for possible surgery • with radiotherapy

• chemotherapy. It allows to explain and further investigations are necessary:

• clarify the diagnosis

• collect all clinical data and biological form for pre-therapeutic

• blood samples

• imaging (X-rays, ultrasound, scintigraphy, CT, MRI, ...)

• puncture biopsy • endoscopy

• Anesthesia The results of clinical examination and additional tests can achieve a synthesis of elements specific to the person examined and to prepare the therapeutic sequence (or protocol) that will later be proposed to the patient. t