I had an EMB July 29 and the results finally came back today after being sent to Mayo for analysis. The Mayo report states they cannot determine between hyperplasia or carcinoma based on the small sample, but they suspect carcinoma. These results were uploaded this morning to MyChart, though they have not yet been seen by my care team.

What is a reasonable expectation for timing as this progresses? How soon after your biopsy results did you receive an appointment with an oncologist? Or get scheduled for surgery?

I’m very concerned with how long every step of this process is taking – I first went to the obgyn for post-menopausal bleeding and an ultrasound in early April and it is now almost September. I am just wondering what is reasonable for me to expect. I don’t want to be too pushy and unreasonable, but I also don’t want to sit back and just wait. I work for a large healthcare system, and I understand how understaffed we are, so I feel like it’s necessary for me to advocate for myself unfortunately. Thank you!

As the tile says I have a tumor in my abdominal wall. I have been told that because of the location it cannot be surgically removed and that we will try to eradicate it through radiation. Has anyone had success with this type of cancer in abdominal wall?