• Question: do you find cells which you may have never seen before

    Asked by hphillips102 to Samantha on 4 Jul 2012.
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      Samantha Weaver answered on 4 Jul 2012:

      I don’t look at cells I’m afraid – maybe Sam can answer this question? 🙂

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    Sam commented on :

    Hi, yes I look at cells and tissues removed from patients, to try and work out what is wrong with them. I do sometimes see types of cancer cells which I’ve not seen before, and that can make it very difficult to tell what type of cancer it might be – and that can make it very difficult to decide what kind of treatment is best for the patient. Unfotunately we don’t yet know everything about human diseases.