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Can a pathologist determine during surgery if 0 margin is met?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Dec 14, 2023 | Replies (20)Comment receiving replies
The pathologist on the surgical floor or downstairs in the lab can quickly determine if the margins are clear. It's simply a matter of whether the hospital is patient-oriented and establishes this quick relay system. I am very disappointed that M.D. Anderson (see a fellow cancer patient's note) doesn't have the same set up as the Mayo Clinic in MN. Cost effectiveness and poor administrative skills have replaced good medicine and caring patient treatment. Very sad.
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It baffled me too . I had a consult with them and they said it was about a week and a half wait . The anxiety boy of waiting that long ! I think it’s because they are just backed up with cases since they handle so many !
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I've been to two different hospitals. Conway Medical Center and now MUSC (Medical University of South Carolina) the latter being the best hospital in South Carolina. Both surgeons acted like they never heard of doing a path report during surgery. They both said you would have to freeze the sample. My second surgeon has great creditials with a degree from Harvard. There is no way I can go to the Mayo clinic as my insurance would not allow it. I am upset that they act like this is not done. I really would like to know if just the best hospitals do this? It is quite upsetting that I have to go through a third surgery and also pay $400 for each surgery when a path report could have been done on the 1st.