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Newly diagnosed with liver cancer, having trouble coping
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BLM47, I'm not a doctor. But if I were you ,if u have not yet had a biopsy I would look for alternative methods. In my opinion a biopsy is similar to poking a stick into a hornet's nest. It will cause the cancer to spread like wild fire before they ever do surgery, let em do surgery, take out all the cancer and then some. Then they can do all the biopsies they need to determine treatments. Tell ur Dr. Stait up this is your body and your life were talking about. Again this is just my personal opinion. I think I'm about to go down the same path soon as my labs are pointing in that direction. Trying to stay positive.
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@blm47, biopsies are often necessary to remove a piece of liver tissue for laboratory testing in order to make a definitive diagnosis of liver cancer.
Barney, I understand you're concerned about getting a biopsy. Some people wonder if a biopsy can cause cancer to spread. The short answer to this question is that it’s extremely rare for cancer to spread during a biopsy. The benefits of getting a biopsy far outweigh the minimal risk of cancer spread. Read more https://www.cancer.org/cancer/latest-news/can-getting-a-biopsy-make-cancer-spread.html
In fact, a study of more than 2,000 patients by researchers at Mayo Clinic’s campus in Jacksonville, Florida, has dispelled the myth that cancer biopsies cause cancer to spread. They show that patients who received a biopsy had a better outcome and longer survival than patients who did not have a biopsy. https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-researchers-find-cancer-biopsies-do-not-promote-cancer-spread/
Diagnosing liver cancer may involve blood tests, imaging studies as well as a biopsy.