Comments for depth of biopsy at http://blcwebcafe.org , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://blcwebcafe.org Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:37:23 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://blcwebcafe.org/component/option,com_myblog/show,depth-of-biopsy.html/Itemid,212/lang,english/#comment-326 Alyssa,<br /><br />Your tumor was graded a Ta, which means there was no invasion into the lamina propria, if there was then you would have a T1. &nbsp;If you had a T1 it may be important to have a sample of the muscle as well to make sure it wasn't a T2, but yours was a Ta, not a T1. - Christopher Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:38:21 +0100 http://blcwebcafe.org/component/option,com_myblog/show,depth-of-biopsy.html/Itemid,212/lang,english/#comment-325 Alyssa,<br /><br />I had the same question about how my biopsy reads...<br /><br />&quot;No muscularis propria is present in this specimen.&quot;<br /><br />But I asked the doctor point blank if he had gotten enough muscle. &nbsp;I was sent to him partly because my local doctor could not seem to get enough muscle tissue to biopsy.<br /><br />Anyway, the cancer specialist said that he had gotten plenty of muscle tissue to read.<br /><br />I hope someone can enlighten us on this. - Rosemary Sat, 22 Jul 2006 07:30:20 +0100