Judging from the news report, I think what they have in mind is a fine
needle aspiration to arrive at a diagnosis. It might just be a fibroadenoma
and that can wait. 
Jeff SIlverman
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> From: Weems, Joyce <JWEEMS@sjha.org>
> To: 'Patsy.Ruegg@UCHSC.edu'; histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject: RE: lady in antarctica with lump in breast
> Date: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 8:13 AM
> 
> I heard some news report that she would have to do her own biopsy. I
wonder
> if they are set up for histology! Surely she will instruct someone to
help.
> j
> Joyce Weems
> Pathology Manager
> Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta
> 
> 
> 	-----Original Message-----
> 	From:	Patsy.Ruegg@UCHSC.edu [SMTP:Patsy.Ruegg@UCHSC.edu]
> 	Sent:	Tuesday, July 13, 1999 1:57 PM
> 	To:	histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> 	Subject:	lady in antarctica with lump in breast
> 
> 	Just thinking.  Do you suppose the Dr. in Antarctica will have to do
> her own
> 	breast lump biopsy, histology, and path diagnosis?
> 	Patsy Ruegg