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Waiting Time for Sentinel Node Biopsy Results

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Hi all,

The results aren't for me, but for my mum. She's recently had some pretty major surgery to remove a melanoma on her face, with a fairly rough recovery period, and is still waiting for her sentinel node biopsy results after nearly 6 weeks.
I'm not her noted next of kin, that'd be my dad, but they're both unfortunately a little fatigued by the whole thing and so I feel like I need to start escalating this on their behalf where I can.
Can anyone in a similar position advise how long they've had to wait for results?

Thanks

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    I'm sorry to hear that your mum is waiting so long for her results. I'm afraid that results are taking an average of 8 weeks depending on which hospital trust is involved. Can I suggest you look on the hospital website to see if the SCN and/or the consultant's Secretary has an email address that you can contact, as well as continuing to ring them. Sometimes it takes time to get through or for them to respond to a phone message or email as it depends if you are contacting them on clinic or surgery days. Don't give up, you will eventually get hold of someone. Good luck to your mum for clear results.

    Angie, Stage 3 melanoma patient since 2009

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    I think there are a lot of people with children taking holidays over this period, maybe your consultant is away. Maybe drop PALS a line as they might be able to get someone else to pick it up. X

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