Symptom Checker. 1  Upper abdominal spasm and Abdomen spasm (4 causes) 2  Upper abdominal spasm and Abdomen spasm similar to appendicitis (4 causes) 3  Upper abdominal spasm and Abdominal guarding (4 causes) 4  Upper abdominal spasm and Abdominal mass (4 causes) 5  Upper abdominal spasm and Abdominal pain (4 causes)
Getting the results of your pathology report. Just like the pathology report you received after your biopsy, you will also receive a pathology report after lumpectomy or mastectomy. The results of your pathology report will probably be ready 3 to 7 days after your surgery. This period of waiting may be one of the hardest you will face.
Most people receive 5 to 7 weeks of radiation therapy shortly after lumpectomy in order to eliminate any cancer cells that may be present in the remaining breast tissue. The combination of lumpectomy and radiation therapy is commonly called breast-conserving therapy. If chemotherapy is also part of the plan, radiation therapy happens after chemotherapy.