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would a doctor say you have cancer before biopsy results ?

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Hi there

My Mum is currently in hospital. She has been there for two weeks. She has blood clots on both lungs and pain in her stomach, enlarged Lymph nodes in lungs and stomach. They did an Endoscopy on her stomach a week ago and tissue was taken for biopsy. They said the biopsy results would be back in two weeks time. Two days after the endoscopy, two doctors have told my Mum they 'think' she has either Lymphatic cancer or stomach cancer. How can they say this to someone without biopsy results ? Has anybody else had this happen to them ? She is going for a PET scan next tuesday.

Thanks for any advice 

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    hi this happened to me yesterday, I had a breast screening has I had found a lump , after the screening the doctor told me there was actually four lumps and they defo wernt cysts , she didn’t say in so many words that I defo had breast cancer but she didn’t need to , she took biopsy’s and said they would send them away to see how far it is and how we are going to treat it I thought you needed the results back first but she obv must know what she could see and feel , Bev x

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    HI Blhope,

    Doctors are working with cancer day in day out and have a fair idea of what is and isn't cancerous from the beginning. I was told by my consultant on my first visit that it was most likely to be cancer, but I still had to wait for the results of my biopsy to confirm this. I have had 2 bouts of breast cancer, 9 and 10 years ago. I had the same experience on both occasions.

    This will be a worrying week for you until you get your results back, but I hope that your results are not as dire as you're expecting.

    Please let us know how you get on. We are always here for you.

    Kind regards,

    Jolamine xx

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    am I over worrying and thinking that I’m only going to have five more years to live ? I keep reading things on the internet I can’t seem to stop myself I’m also due to go on holiday on the 14 th June do you think this is going to stop me goin my family will be so upset 

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    Hi Bjhope,

    The way you are thinking is perfectly normal. There are so many unknowns at this stage and, you cannot really make any plans until after you get your results back. You can discuss your planned holiday with your consultant, when you go back for your results next week.

    Try your best to stay away from the internet. You don't know your diagnosis yet, so cannot compare with anything written there. We all naturally tend to think the worst, but this seldom turns out to be the case.

    I hope that you don't have to cancel your holiday, but I am sure that your familly will fully understand if you need to.

    Kind regards,

    Jolamine xx

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