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Yes exactly what i thought as I have a BSc in Podiatric Medicine,(not that she would have known that of course) ,I think I may ask the Oncologist on the 21st I’m sure he will have a copy infront of him.If not I will ask my GP next time I go. I just kind of feel that having as much knowledge as poss helps me to understand things more, and get to grips with it all.
Jude x
yes i agree the letter to the doc is not where near as detailed as the path report. docs letter did not mention margins, path report said the margins were less than 1cm. I have a radial scar, thats not mentioned in docs report. the path report talked about high grade LCIS, docs report just said LCIS. Path report mention marker tests, docs letter did not. Path report said mulit foco invasive ductal cancer, docs letter just talked about the largest tumor and did not mention there were others. ETc
I dont think any of these details will affect the treatment i am having, but i now have lots of questions about these extra bits and bobs they found and what they say about reocurrence.
perhaps that is why they dont let you have the reports in some hospitals, it take up too much of the doctors time expalining the finer points
Thats a huge difference OAL!!,
One thing I was told was that the tumor was supposedly 7mm according to scans but it was actually 11mm on removal… Its slow growing so I guess that the scans are only approximate… at least it was still very small…
Jude x
There is a leaflet produced by Breast Cancer Care on how to read your pathology report so this should help with any medical terminology.
I think doctors should change their attitude to patients - they seem to think none of us are capable of understanding. Well a lot of them do anyway.
They aren’t gods and they haven’t got the answers to everything.
Mole
Hello
Here is a link to the publication that Molennium mentioned about Pathology reports
www2.breastcancercare.org.uk/sites/default/files/understanding_your_pathology_report.pdf
With best wishes
June, moderator