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Hi everyone

This post is on my mums behalf - hope that's ok. She is due to get biopsy results next week which will be done at a face-to-face appointment. How many people can she bring with her as me and her husband would both want to be with her when she recieves her results. Also, how do consultants "break the news" so to speak? Is it done straight away? I just want to know what to expect really. 

Also, when she went in for her mammogram and biopsy the consultant ordered an MRI scan to be done in the interim between that appoitnment and the appointment to get the results. Is this common practice? He said it would mean we would avoid waiting another week or so after the biopsy results to schedule the MRI. Essentially, lets get it all booked in so we know all the results ready for her scheduled appointment. Is this a case of better to be safe than sorry or is he thinking it may have spread? 

I'm sorry for all of the questions. The wait for these results is horrfic! 

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    My situation is a bit different as it was thyroid cancer rather than breast cancer, but the consultant basically started the appointment with, "we found malignancies" and then gave an overview of what the treatment would be.

    I think scans are pretty much the default. They always have to check it hasn't spread. I had a scan of some sort (was too stunned to take in details) literally within the hour of getting my biopsy results and the odds of my form of thyroid cancer spreading are 1%-4%, so pretty unlikely. They want all the info as soon as possible so they can plan treatment. It doesn't mean they necessarily think it has spread.

    Hope your mum gets good news.

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    My situation is a bit different as it was thyroid cancer rather than breast cancer, but the consultant basically started the appointment with, "we found malignancies" and then gave an overview of what the treatment would be.

    I think scans are pretty much the default. They always have to check it hasn't spread. I had a scan of some sort (was too stunned to take in details) literally within the hour of getting my biopsy results and the odds of my form of thyroid cancer spreading are 1%-4%, so pretty unlikely. They want all the info as soon as possible so they can plan treatment. It doesn't mean they necessarily think it has spread.

    Hope your mum gets good news.

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