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Just as you should insist on getting the results of any tests you have, so you should make sure that your doctor tells you exactly what was found at the operation, and what procedure was done. Ask what the pathologist found when the removed tissues were examined under the microscope. Ask what all these facts mean for you. Here is a chance which you should not miss to obtain definite and useful information about your own particular case. Now that all the details are known your doctor should be able to give you more accurate information about what to expect in the future and what further treatment, if any, should be considered. You can only make the best plans and decisions for yourself if you get this information.
Say, for example, you have had a breast removed. You have been told it was the common type of breast cancer—an adenocarcinoma. If it was confined completely to the breast, the chance of cure is about two in three. If it has spread to the lymph nodes in the armpit, the chance of cure is about one in three, even less if many of the nodes were affected. The chance is possibly improved by having some chemotherapy as well as the surgery. If it had grown into the nearby skin or muscle, or spread to the nodes in the neck, there is only a tiny chance of complete and permanent cure, whatever treatment is used. Before your operation you would not have been sure which of these facts applied to your particular case. After your operation you can be sure.
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