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Dear doctors - would you let a patient know if you suspect cancer or not outright tell them to relieve panic but require a biopsy? my oral surgeon asked if i bit my tongue then said "i think it is a bite but let's do a biopsy to be sure" ?

Q: dear doctors - would you let a patient know if you suspect cancer or not outright tell them to relieve panic but require a biopsy? my oral surgeon asked if i bit my tongue then said "i think it is a bite but let's do a biopsy to be sure" ?

: Regardless of what the oral surgeon suspects, the biopsy is necessary to make a definitive diagnosis. Visualization of a lesion is not enough in most cases. No need to jump to conclusions.

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Dr. Theodore Davantzis answered

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Regardless of what the oral surgeon suspects, the biopsy is necessary to make a definitive diagnosis. Visualization of a lesion is not enough in most cases. No need to jump to conclusions.

Answered 11/20/2022

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A member asked:

Dear doctors - would you let a patient know if you suspect cancer or not outright tell them to relieve panic but require a biopsy? my oral surgeon asked if i bit my tongue then said "i think it is a bite but let's do a biopsy to be sure" ?

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