What does moderately diffentiated mean?

PhillieG said:

Moderately differentiated colorectal adenocarcinoma
Abstract:
Background:
The differences between the metastatic property of moderately (Mod) and well (Wel) differentiated colorectal adenocarcinoma remain unclear. Since Mod is unable to form complete acini, therefore an epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) can occur in that structure. Herein, we hypothesized that Mod metastasizes more easily than the Wel counterparts.
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NOTE: I don't know if this is helpful info or not but it does show that they may have used the correct terminology in your report.
-p

John23 said:

Rude ???


Ok, let's do this again.....

Re:
"I was reviewing my surgical pathology report and for the first
time I noted that it says "Adenocarcinoma of the colon,
moderately diffentiated. What does moderately diffentiated mean?"

And the word (assuming it was spelled as you spelled it), is not correct.

The word shouldn't be diffentiated, it should be differentiated ,
and if you tried to look the misspelled word up, you won't find reference to it.

Now..... since we all have a computer and the WWW at hand, if you
were having trouble finding the explanation for that, the misspelling
would be the reason why.

Mistakes are made on reports, and either they're Typos, or what we
called "dumbos", since they're done by those that "never make mistakes".

My radiologist said in her report, that I had a colostomy. I have
an ileostomy, and for medical practices, there's a major, big difference.

Mistakes happen.

Just wondering now..... exactly how was that report spelled?
Did your physician make the mistake, or was it a typo in -your- post?

Sorry if you assumed that I was trying to be rude, it wasn't the case.

Best of health,


John

John23 said:

Uhhh oops?


No, I didn't mean -you-, I meant the physician shouldn't allow
a typo to be published on a report to be filed.

I write, and I make mistrakes too, but that's not the point or
apparently the "issue", either.

You asked a simple question with your first post, and I noticed
that you repeated what you said the report said, twice, and both
times the term was spelled incorrectly.

If you were having trouble looking up a medical term your doctor
wrote, and the doc spelled it wrong, it'd be no wonder you couldn't
locate the info.

I was merely pointing that out.

Phil said that the report's terminology was correct, but he was
apparently assuming that you were making a typo, and he simply
ignored that. Unfortunately, that made my remark appear out
of context.

I tried to explain that my radiologist made a major mistake, and
she attempted to write it off as a typo. The fact was, she made
numerous mistakes on the reporting of my CT scan. She corrected
the mistakes that were evident, but can any of the report be trusted?

Had I been rushed to a hospital on a gurney, they'd pull reports,
and if they assumed the report was correct, they would treat me
in a manner to accommodate something I don't have, and ignore
the fact that a patient with an ileostomy has other issues to be
concerned with.

After waiting a year to see what my scans will tell me, I now
might have to have them taken again, or re-read by another
specialist. With all the lil' aches and pains, it worries me that
a "clean report" might be in error.

Soooo.... the bottom line?

We can make "typos", but a professional that is responsible
for your health and well-being? They might make one typo....
after that, it's a "dumbo".


Best wishes,

John