My wife had her biopsy last week and we're waiting to hear from the doctors following their meeting on Tuesday. We have had the results though, through the hospital's MyCare app, and it shows
Lung biopsy: Squamous cell carcinoma, PD-L1 and other predictive biomarker tests to follow
** Does the "PD-L1 and other predictive biomarker tests to follow" mean that they will do these tests with the biopsy already taken or does it mean further tests to come for my wife?
We saw this result on Friday afternoon when it was too late to call the hospital. It's not nice to read what you have without having the doctor to explain it all face to face. I know that will come but it comes as a shock to read it on the web first.
Kindest regards
Paul
Hi Paul PAL96 and a very warm welcome to the Macmillan Community but sorry to hear about your wife’s ongoing diagnosis.
A diagnosis journey in the family can be such a challenging and stressful time but getting support from others who are dealing with the ‘exact same' cancer type or support challenges will help you a lot……. I have a completely different type of cancer and treatment journey.
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