cancer diagnosis
Medical term for the process or result of diagnosing cancer.
I went to the hospital to get a cancer diagnosis.
Early cancer diagnosis greatly affects survival rates.
Standard kanji spelling; 癌 is the common kanji for 'cancer' in medical contexts.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; がん is often written in kana for readability or when the kanji 癌 is considered difficult.
Compound of 癌 (がん, 'cancer') and 診断 (しんだん, 'diagnosis').