Prevalence of tumors and the search for effective diagnostic approach is a very topical issue worldwide. According to the Czech National Cancer Registry (CNCR), colon and lung cancers are the most common types of cancer in the Czech Republic. This review is focused on brief literal survey of known, widely used and newly evolving methods suitable for early diagnosis of the mentioned cancer diseases.

• MeSH
• Biomarkers MeSH
• Early Detection of Cancer MeSH
• Endoscopy MeSH
• Immunologic Tests MeSH
• Data Interpretation, Statistical MeSH
• Colorectal Neoplasms * diagnostic imaging   diagnosis   prevention & control   MeSH
• Humans MeSH
• Microscopy methods   MeSH
• Lung Neoplasms * diagnostic imaging   diagnosis   prevention & control   MeSH
• Mass Screening classification   MeSH
• Spectrum Analysis, Raman * methods   MeSH
• Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared * classification   methods   instrumentation   MeSH
• Statistics as Topic classification   MeSH
• Check Tag
• Humans MeSH
• Publication type
• Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
• Review MeSH