noun
cancer diagnosis
Medical term for the process or result of diagnosing cancer.
癌診断を受けるために病院に行った。
I went to the hospital to get a cancer diagnosis.
早期の癌診断が生存率を大きく左右する。
Early cancer diagnosis greatly affects survival rates.
癌検診 refers to cancer screening (checking for cancer in asymptomatic people), while 癌診断 is the actual diagnosis after symptoms or positive screening results.
Compound of 癌 (がん, 'cancer') and 診断 (しんだん, 'diagnosis').