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A typical day

Morning: cutting and describing the organs and tumours removed in yesterday's surgeries, then sending slices to be made into glass slides. Most of the day is at a microscope, reading slides and dictating diagnoses: this mole is benign, this breast lump is cancer, here is how far it has spread. A tumour board with surgeons and oncologists. Urgent frozen sections while a surgeon waits in the operating room for your answer.