How many days did your biopsy results take.

JXmom2

hey! Biopsy went well.

Last week my doctors office told me they may know by Friday hopefully cuz they hate ppl to wait the weekend and the radiologist today said maybe Monday because it was late afternoon today.

Also I tried to get a vibe of what they thought

Did whoever did your biopsy give you hints on if it was cancer or not

He took 5 samples (had issues getting needle into it and pushing through said my breast was very dense)

I said what makes this look concering for a biopsy? The lady helping pointed out its shape with almost flowe peddle/ Jagged edges

Then before I left I said what kind of b9 do you think it would be if so. He said at my age prolly fibroadenoma. But that if it was it would be a very irregular shaped one cuz those are usally smooth edges.

Logang

I had two different biopsies on Tuesdays. One at almost 5pm and another in the morning and had results by Friday for each of them. Good luck! The waiting is the worst!

candi07

had my biopsy last Friday, still waiting for results. Been checking the medical portal and nothing was posted. So I decided to call my MO because I just had a feeling the results were in. I called and they said she left early today. So I called my surgeon because I know her and my MO spoke before I had the biopsy. Her nurse called me back and said the radiologist called your MO with the results and asked if she called me and I said know. She said she will be calling you. So everyone knows the results but me. This is torture. Praying she calls me first thing in the morning

ChiSandy

Core needle biopsy 9 am on a Tuesday—was called with the results the next evening. Lumpectomy done 1 pm on a Wed.; surgical path results in my patient-portal inbox Mon. morning.

molliefish

i waited what seemed like an eternity for the repost back but mostly it was because I couldn't get t the docs to get them. I think it was 10 days total.

JXmom2

thanks for all posts so far! Seems like just to call if I don't hear back soon. I know they should be quick with it.

They are trying to say my age i should be fine but all the questions they asked and the info they wrote on report like bi rads 4c and saying ifs not smooth or cirlce/oval at all I think they are unsure or just trying to keep me calm.

Kicks

How fast biopsy results 'come back' depends how the Dr orders them to be run - up to 10 days to 2 weeks are not unusual for some. On the other hand, in some cases, they can be available quite quickly if Dr feels that it's impartive to get them quickly. So the results can take while to come back or can be within hours/a day depending on the urgency.

In my case, the Radiologist had done my fnbs (fine needle biopsies) immediately after my new mammo (last one had been done less than 2 months prior and was as had been for yrs), which was rapidly followed by an US. I walked in for the new mammo at 1 that Thursday afternoon and left at approximately 3.

Dr told me that he positive the biopsy results would show IBC but he would have to have the results before he could give an exact DX. The next morning he called me at 8 with the results and DX that was expected - IBC.

mland1304

The hospital I went to promises results by 3pm the next business day, which I'm realizing sounds like it's not the norm! Good luck...the waiting part is the so difficult!

candi07

Hi All, got my results today. Great news both enhancements are benign lesions...yay! My MO said they were sclerosis capillary lesions / atypical. She is recommending an wire needle localization / excisional biopsy. The MO, surgeon and pathologist all spoke and suggested the lesions be removed. However, there is some resistance by the surgeon as she commented 'but they are benign'. I have an appointment with the surgeon this coming Tuesday to discuss the pros and cons. But I want those jokers out ASAP. Only thing I'm not sure of is if this procedure is really the same as a lumpectomy and a little concerned about scarring as one is at 2 o'clock and the other is at 6 o'clock. Also, they will do another pathology report once they are removed as they will be removing extra tissue within a couple of millimeters of each lesion.

I sure hope everyone else has something good to report.

I'm so happy...this weekend I will be celebrating my wedding anniversary and now it will be two fold.

JXmom2

that is great to hear! I'm glad it's good news. I heard nothing today but they said they would try and get me info before end of day tomorrow so I don't go whole weekend wondering. Il be calling the office tomorrow at 1 to ask them to have the nurse call me back at close.

farmerlucy

My initial biopsy was delayed almost a week because one pathologist called it ADH/ALH and another pathologist called it DCIS/LCIS. A specimen was sent to Vanderbilt for a tie breaker. Apparently it is tough to differentiate those early pre-cancers.

JXmom2

so then do these biopsys tell you everything about your cancer exept if or where it's spead and such? Like it would say what kind, est/pro +\- and if it's that HER or not.

VLH

JXmom2, I received a preliminary diagnosis the next day, just Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Grade 3. The more detailed information on hormone receptor status and HER2 status took a week.

Lyn

Smurfette26

JXmom2 I didn't find out ER, PR, HER2 status or any info about lymph nodes until after my mastectomy.

I had my biopsy on a Wed afternoon and was told to expect the results on Friday afternoon. Instead received a phone call to say there had been an equipment failure in the lab and results would be delayed. Surgeon called with the results about lunch time on Saturday.

ChiSandy

You can’t get confirmed lymph node status unless they too are biopsied (most frequently, removed and studied by SNB or ALND during lumpectomy or mastectomy—but sometimes if they are concerning they get a needle biopsy pre-op). You also can’t learn actual tumor size—and therefore stage--until post-op; based on size at imaging used for biopsy, the surgeon can “guesstimate” stage, with the understanding that actual size and node status determined post-op might change the guesstimate. The night I was called with my core-needle biopsy results (by my GYN’s partner because the GYN wasn’t yet back from vacation), I was told IDC, grade 2, and ER+/PR+. The next morning my GYN called me and told me I was HER2- as well. All other histology (node status, stage, margin status, tumor size, individual components of my Nottingham score, % of hormone-receptor positivity, and the exact HER2 result as well as the test used) had to wait till the post-surgical path report on the actual entire tumor, not just the several 1mm core needle samples.

keepthefaith611

Thanks for an informative thread.

JXMom, all crossed for Monday!

KTF