I know that Biopsy is the standard procedure to identify the type of the tumor and also if that is malignant or not. And depending on this info the medication is determined. So far so good.
However either malignant or not, if patient wants the tumor to be removed, it will be eventually removed with an operation (assuming that it is an easy to remove one, one with low risk etc). A biopsy could still be done on the removed tumor (which is done anyway) and medication could be determined accordingly.
What is the benefit to Operator Doc of having a biopsy results before the OP? Would that change during the OP? How important is that to the operations success?
Thanks in advance.
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Removing the tumor is one thing. You need to know how likely it is to have spread nearby. For some, you cut it out and you’re fine. Others, you need to follow up with some chemo. Others, you need to take out the whole organ, like a kidney. Others, you need to be cautious and remove the nearby lymph nodes.
How much effort you put into the surgery is why you do the biopsy. You can’t just lop off the bad part and assume you’re in the clear…for a lot of cancers…
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