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Lab doing more stains - what does this mean?
I had my wide excision on Friday with wire localisation. An anxious wait til today for results. When I rang today I was told the lab was doing more stains on the sample. My core biopsy was DCIS interm...
My pathology had to do extra testing to identify whether I was HER -ve or +ve.
The first test came back equivocal ( I think that means half way between)
They use staining also to check whether ER and PR +ve.
Sounds like they might just be making sure about the specifics.
The first test came back equivocal ( I think that means half way between)
They use staining also to check whether ER and PR +ve.
Sounds like they might just be making sure about the specifics.