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Repeat lumpectomy? And treatment decisions. Need advice

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jan 28 8:37pm | Replies (72)

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@kikay

Hi again. Sorry I have another question. Since cancer can’t be seen with the naked eye, when surgeon takes the lump out and see that the posterior edge is already black and suspicious that is why it was sent to pathology, how come surgeon didn’t go back inside to clean up more on the posterior edge instead of closing it and waited for the pathology report? Just a thought.

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I thought that anything "cut out" of our bodies is examined by pathology. That is how they know that the margins are good or not. My hospital is able to examine the tumor while I was in the operating room.
I wish you well in your decisions