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Do bad biopsy results typically come back quicker or is it the opposite? i would assume the doctor would need to get the process of next steps started quickly in an aggressive cancer situation?

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Length of time for diagnosis is not dependent on good or bad results.

Answered 11/28/2022

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A well performed biopsy comes back either positive or negative. If positive than a plan of treatment is constructed depending on the nature, type and stage of the cancer. If negative, than a follow up biopsy will be ordered in future depending on new evidence and symptoms.

Answered 11/21/2022

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