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What do you doctors do with a tumor after you remove it?
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Surgical specimen: We send them to a Pathologist who runs tests on them to see what type of cells are in the specimen . We then can base our treatment decision on his/her report. The slides used in the tests are kept for reference but the " tumor" is destroyed usually by incineration .
Answered 7/12/2014
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Histopathology: When a tumor is removed the job of the pathologist is to make a pathologic diagnosis and compare with clinical impression Then the tumor is graded to define metastatic potential, number of mitosis may be evaluated as well as hormone receptor activity if indicated. Blood vessel and neural invasion examined and as of now the genetic make up in terms of mutations that have occurred.
Answered 12/4/2015
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