Need to know to stop worrying
First time posting. Had a lump taken out couple of weeks ago plus two lymph glands. When the results came back one lymph had cancer and was given the choice of having the remaining lymph out to ch...
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The surgeon specialists do a presentation called 'staging' to present to oncology and radiography so they can all get together and figure out what is the best course of treatment. The PET or CT scan checks all the soft stuff inside and you may need a bone scan as well. Its sort of to make sure there's nothing else sinister they may have to deal with. Any chemo can be rough on your kidneys and liver too, so they want to know those are in good shape to cope with that.
In regards to your pathology tests, if its bad news you will be called in sooner. If its ok then they make you wait for the good news. Waiting is an absolute pain.