I'm beginning to realize that the medical industry really likes their acronyms.
After talking with the oncologist, it appears the next step is to biopsy the tumor. Due to her size, and the current size of her liver, it will need to be an open biopsy. While inside, they'll also install a Broviac catheter to prepare for chemotherapy.
The tissue removed during the biopsy will then be sent off to pathology. The things we are most concerned with are:
- MYCN amplification (We want this to be NON-amplified)
- Loss of heterozygosity (1p LOH) (We do NOT want 1p deletion)
- DNA ploidy (We want this to show hyperdiploidy)
- Shimada classification (We want this favorable)
Surgery is scheduled for the 19th.
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