Time between mamo and surgery

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John Keiser - 22 Oct 2004 20:37 GMT

My wife has always had annual mamograms. Yesterday, during a routine
physical, the doctor detected a lump and has scheduled her for an emergency
mamo + ultra sound in 2 weeks with a surgeon's appointment 5 days later
[11/9/04].

Obviously we are both concerned.

The general uncertainty is awful. This is compounded by my wife's
desire/plans to fly 5 hours for a visit with her family over Christmas.

I know I can only offer general support during the next few weeks. However,
I thought I might be able to provide some better resolution to her Christmas
plans, assuming a worst case testing.

Can anyone comment on the general time delay between a mamo/ultra sound and
biopsy? And the "accepted" delay, if any, between the biopsy and
lumpectomy?

Thank you.

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Tim Jackson - 22 Oct 2004 22:27 GMT

> My wife has always had annual mamograms. Yesterday, during a routine
> physical, the doctor detected a lump and has scheduled her for an emergency
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> Thank you.

Remembering that typically at the time of detection cancers have already
been growing for about ten years, a few more weeks is not going to make
a lot of difference. I think most centres try to ensure that surgery
takes place within six weeks of diagnosis, and aim at rather less, three
weeks to a month would be considered normal.

The uncertainty is obviously upsetting, and can be one of the worst
parts of the process. It may help if you can trust your medical team
and feel that you are securely on track to getting this thing sorted
out: to look forward to getting it over rather than to worry about doing
nothing.

Tim Jackson

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