Why is it important to understand my breast cancer pathology report?

You’ve been told you have breast cancer. Maybe you’re feeling overwhelmed, angry, and afraid. One way to move beyond these feelings is to sharpen your mind.

It’s time to go back to school on one of the most important subjects you’ll ever study - learning about breast cancer. Your diagnosis starts with your pathology report, a description of cells and tissues from your biopsy or surgical tissue sample. A pathology report is written by a pathologist, a medical doctor who specializes in preparing, reviewing, and reporting on tissue samples.

Pathologists make a diagnosis of breast cancer and determine its extent by looking at tissue samples under a microscope. Understanding your pathology report is critical. It holds the key to your diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment plan.

All of your treatment decisions will be based on your pathology report. If your medical oncologist refuses to discuss your pathology report with you or give you a copy of it, find another doctor. You want a doctor who sees teaching you to be a well-informed patient as part of his job.As advanced oncology nurse Melissa Craft stresses, “I tell my patients, always, always get a copy of your pathology report and have the doctor explain it to you in detail.

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