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For example, many kinds of biopsy can result in serious infection or other surgical complications.
by thewillowcat 2mo ago
For example, many kinds of biopsy can result in serious infection or other surgical complications.
- red-iron-pine 2mo agopresumably if they're seeing a cancer worthy of a biopsy the risk justifies cutting in there and checking yeah there is a risk you get an infection but pancreatic cancer will kill you dead, and is no joke.
- bluGill 2mo agoIs it cancer or just a 'cyst'? I'm not MD but my understanding is we often cannot tell without the biopsy but mostly it isn't cancer. Of course this is a generic discussion which could go either way depending on where they find something.