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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As you said, the type of tumor will determine the treatment plan. Depending on the tumor, the plan may be to do chemotherapy or some other kind of medication to shrink the tumor as much as possible before removal. A good surgeon will want to remove as little tissue as possible.
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