Reading the words “cannot rule out malignancy” on a pathology report can feel like being suspended in midair with no ground beneath you. For many patients, the phrase sounds like a quiet confirmation that cancer is present but not yet…
If you’ve opened a pathology report and your eyes locked onto the word “suspicious,” you are not alone. This single word causes more fear, confusion, and sleepless nights than almost any other term used in diagnostic medicine. Many patients immediately…
When a tissue sample is removed for cancer, whether during surgery, biopsy, or excision one of the most important things pathologists evaluate is margin status. Margin status describes whether cancer cells are present at or near the edge of the…
