Awesome Gold...Lets look at what you posted.
Let us assume this was a person with breast cancer. The mass was removed and came back within a week or so.
Question? does this suggest anything and oh by the way the patients appetite has deminished.
So we know that breast cancer was already diagnosed. The lump was removed but came back....
And some person says gosh have you heard of the test called a mammagram and its effectiveness?
The doc replies,
Accepted Answer
We don't use this test (mammogram) because it doesn't tell you what type of cancer is present. Knowing your loved one has cancer is helpful, but it doesn't tell you where it is or what it is doing. We already know your loved one has cancer so the mammogram will likely be positive and we won't have any additional information.
Although this mammogram sounds interesting, it won't help us determine the spread of this tumor. It has grown back already which isn't a surprise considering the type of tumor it is, and we are still "in the dark" about where else the tumor might be. The decreased appetite is concerning, and it makes me think more that the tumor is somewhere else, but it doesn't prove anything definitively.