Message for Ginger 01

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Message for Ginger 01

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Message for Ginger 01 Hi Ginger01,

There seems to be some confusion here - with two ladies called Ginger.

I’ll answer your question as best I can.

Your consultant is taking the ‘belt and braces’ approach and wisely carrying out best practice - the triple test, also known as the triple assessment. The triple assessment consists of three things:

  1. Clinical examination - the consultant examines you;
  2. Imaging - you are given a mammogram or ultrasound;
  3. Histology - cells are taken from the lump by fine needle aspiration (FNA) or biopsy and are then examined by a pathologist.

The three things together pick up 99.6% of cancers while mammography alone is less accurate than one might expect (as low as 60% in younger women or women with dense breast tissue).

So your consultant is doing the right thing. However much other results suggest no cancer and no matter how expert the radiologists he’ll do the final part of the test just to be as absolutely sure as he can.

Sounds as though you are in good (and very thorough) hands.

Best wishes,

Sue

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Hi Sue,

There’s Ginger01 and me Ginger2, my name is kirstie and get my results on Wednesday. Thanks for the explaination whichever one of us it’s for. Seems we are in the same boat right now anyway… Thanks!

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Thanks Sue for taking the time to reply- he used exactly the same words as you and said it was the belt and braces approach, I understand now that a biopsy is the only way to know for sure so I’m a little bit calmer. Thanks so much for your message, it’s much appreciated.