Can you please explain
Patient underwent biopsy, which showed typical epithelial cells consistent with metastatic cancer. Can you please explain what does it mean "consistent with"?
1. Metastatic cancer inside of epithelial cells
2.epithelial cells there are because of metastatic cancer. Thank you
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Leigh, thank you
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Katie, it is the best answer ever
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Consistent with = typical of/will be typically found when a patient has metastatic cancer.
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Okay, so epithelial cells are a common cell type in the body. In this context the cells have the specific characteristics that suggest metastatic cancer is present.
For example lets say that there is research showing that cancerous epithelial cells have purple spots, you take a biopsy of a patient and their epithelial cells also have purple spots. Therefore the characteristic of purple spots is consistent with the research.
Bear in mind that even though it is consistent with that person having cancer, it is not certain. The person is saying that the epithelial cells from the biopsy look the same as other cells they have seen which had cancer.
Hope this helps!
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