Hi Iris987 and thank you for your post.

I am sorry to read about your situation. It’s understandable to be worried about the waiting time.

An urgent suspected cancer referral (also known as a two week wait referral) is used to investigate symptoms and find out what is wrong, and if it could be cancer.

This means that if it is cancer it can be diagnosed at an early stage meaning treatment is more likely to be successful.

If it is investigated and found to be a non-cancerous cause, then you are more likely to be added to the non-urgent waiting list.

Sixteen weeks may be the average time. However, Your operation may be sooner.

If the doctors are still waiting for biopsy results or need the polyp removed to be sure there is no cancer, you may still be undergoing investigations as part of the suspected cancer pathway.

You can contact the gynaecology department and ask whether you are still on the suspected cancer pathway, and how soon they expect the operation to remove the polyp will be.

Please get back to us if you need any more information or support

It might help to talk things through with one of our nurses on the helpline. You can call for free on 0808 800 4040, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

I hope you know more soon about your situation.

Kind regards

Tina

Hi Iris987 and thank you for your post.

I am sorry to read about your situation. It’s understandable to be worried about the waiting time.

An urgent suspected cancer referral (also known as a two week wait referral) is used to investigate symptoms and find out what is wrong, and if it could be cancer.

This means that if it is cancer it can be diagnosed at an early stage meaning treatment is more likely to be successful.

If it is investigated and found to be a non-cancerous cause, then you are more likely to be added to the non-urgent waiting list.

Sixteen weeks may be the average time. However, Your operation may be sooner.

If the doctors are still waiting for biopsy results or need the polyp removed to be sure there is no cancer, you may still be undergoing investigations as part of the suspected cancer pathway.

You can contact the gynaecology department and ask whether you are still on the suspected cancer pathway, and how soon they expect the operation to remove the polyp will be.

Please get back to us if you need any more information or support

It might help to talk things through with one of our nurses on the helpline. You can call for free on 0808 800 4040, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

I hope you know more soon about your situation.

Kind regards

Tina