Medical oncology appointment after scan

Hi all, 

my dad had been suffering severe upper abdominal pain one evening and spent a few days in hospital where they were unsure of what was causing the pain. They found a black mass and were unable to perform any biopsy as it was too near his organs and tricky to operate on. He has had a few scans since and just yesterday we received a letter for an appointment to visit an outpatient appointment with medical oncology. I'm worried as it stated "cancer-center". Is this usually how a diagnoses goes?

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  • Hi RM96,

    Welcome to Cancer Chat. It's difficult to advise on your dad's situation but I'm sure that seeing the appointment letter has raised a few concerns and questions.

    Hopefully you have received some information to work with up to this point, but either way I hope it's not too long to wait for the appointment and that you can find out more soon.

    Wishing you all the best,

    Ben
    Cancer Chat Moderator

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  • Hi RM96,

    Welcome to Cancer Chat. It's difficult to advise on your dad's situation but I'm sure that seeing the appointment letter has raised a few concerns and questions.

    Hopefully you have received some information to work with up to this point, but either way I hope it's not too long to wait for the appointment and that you can find out more soon.

    Wishing you all the best,

    Ben
    Cancer Chat Moderator

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