Diagnosis of lymphoma in cats is based on a series of observations and tests. (ivghospitals.com)
Sweet Pea was presented to our Oncology department at VRCC in November 2010 with a biopsy confirmed diagnosis of lymphoma affecting the intestinal tract and surrounding lymph nodes. (vrcc.com)
Staging used to be done regularly after the initial diagnosis of lymphoma but it has since been found that stage of disease does not impact upon the response to chemotherapy (i.e. it is not true that a stage II will have a better response than a stage IV) and thus there isn't much point to going through the trouble and expense of staging. (marvistavet.com)