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Five days after my biopsy I received a call and found out I had cancer. (The imaging before the biopsy was undecided whether the lesion was cancerous or not.) Eleven days after the biopsy I was able to get a copy of the pathologist report that fully detailed what I had. It did not mean the answer was more involved, it just took that long. I believe that part of the delay was because they needed all doctors involved to read the report and sign off on it before they released it to me.

I found this version of Understanding Your Pathology report to be very helpful. I took each little phrase from my pathology and looked it up on this report. I know some people would prefer to wait to let the doctor explain it to them, and that’s a good option, too. But, for me, I felt better having a little knowledge about the new terms they were sharing so I could ask questions.
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/diagnosis-staging/tests/biopsy-and-cytology-tests/understanding-your-pathology-report/breast-pathology.html
Waiting is the worst! Keeping your wife and you in my prayers!

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Just want to add that my biopsy pathology was different from my post-surgery pathology in some important ways. My tumor was heterogeneous and the biopsy only took a small part of it and said I was HER2+ but I wasn't! It also emphasized ductal but I had mixed ductal and lobular.

I had an Oncotype test on biopsy specimen and had it retested due to the differences with post-surgery specimens and Oncotype was exactly the same so that was reassuring.