The doctor said they're taking it in for testing to see if it has reached stage 3 or not and if it had he would need chemo......do you think if there was a possibility it has reached stage 4 (which I hear is the worse) he would have said so?? or will he not know anything before the lab results are in?? he's already had a catscan would that have detected if it was stage 4??
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Only more tests will confirm if it has gone to Stage 4, some of those tests could have been done before his surgery, such as MRI or CT scan to determine if there are abnormalities in the bones or other organs.
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He would have known if it was stage 4 from the CT and he would have checked for liver mets during the surgery. The pathologist would not know if it was stage 4 unless they were give tissue from a distant site to check.
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