Totally agreed. Several times I've sat for hours in a waiting room because I didn't want to bother the overworked staff. When they finally got to me they apologized profusely and said I should have come out or called them! Sometimes it just slips through the cracks unintentionally, and you don't want anything to be found too late.

patient not being treated at Mayo clinic. Her specimen sent to Mayo for second reading. Her most recent tissue taken on 4/18/2024 via EUS at the joint of ampulla and pancreatic duct came back negative for malignancy. Only one specimen taken at ampulla in April 2023 via ercp came back from Mayo as ambillary cancer. She had several pet scans, one biopsy done on liver, and several CT scans, all came back without positive result for cancer. We don't understand why her oncologist said her cancer is at stage 4 and no treatment. The only specimen confirmed by Mayo as cancer is not large enough for her2 testing. What should we do ?