Re: question




"Alex" <usenetgirl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Mar 7, 12:58 pm, J <nexsw@nvalid,anon> wrote:
Dave wrote:
A friend of mine in Canada had a biopsy today for lung cancer and is
not
supposed to get the results until the 20th of March. This seems a bit
long.
Does this kind of thing take that long in the U.S.?

Sounds reasonable to me, from what I know.
J

When was the last time you had a biopsy and how long did you have to
wait J?

My last recent experience was about a month ago and it took over 2
weeks, the pathologist wanted to present the slides to the team
( pathology and surgery) for discussion for a treatment plan.





Which seems not only entirely reasonable, but also entirely in your best
interests


.



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