How do we get biopsy results?

Hello Ally52 

I am sorry to say it’s all down to your particular Health Authority. In the good old days you had a meeting to discuss the results. Now you get the results with a meeting at a later date.

Best wishes - Brian.

Hi Ally52 ,

I am with Brian (Millibob ), on this.

I had a meeting with a cancer nurse specialist to discuss the biopsy results.

There wasn't much discussion.

The standard answer to all questions was either "We don't do that here." or "We don't call it that".

This was in the Urology Clinic, followed by a meeting with a medical oncologist.

That was completely different.

Keep going with the research etc. until a plan is finally agreed.

I hope your results are great, and your worries alleviated.

Steve

Hi Ally52 from day one all of my appointments have pretty much been a quick phone call giving me a date and time to come in to the relevant department. No details of my treatment or results have ever been discussed over the phone. I've only had a letter re my forthcoming RT planning in March and two letters detailing my cancer diagnosis which came after I had already attended the actual appointments.

Best wishes 

Michael 

Hi Ally52 in my experience it is fairly random but a phone call is better than a face to face.  The only letters I have received have only confirmed what I have already been told.  The NHS App appears to have everything for some people and limited info for others as Health Authorities are at different stages of integration.  If you aren’t on the App already, definitely worth trying to get full access (come back if you need more info on that).  David

Hi Ally52

My situation was slightly different the consultant urologist called me into his office whilst I was waiting to have my biopsy, he told me all the scans had confirmed that I had advanced prostate cancer and the biopsy was going to just be a formality and as he knew that I wasn't looking forward to having it he would understand me not having it. He did however say that should there be any suitable trials that I wouldn't be eligible for them as they expect you to have had the biopsy, I therefore went ahead with it. 

They started me there and then on hormone injections and my first oncologist appointment was 2 weeks later when they told me the results of everything scans/biopsy.