Pat: only ( ) (.) why have the [laser
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Wfe: [Hah hah
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Pat: if I’m going to finish up having the other one as well
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Nur: Because there’s a good chance that you’re going to get away without having the radiotherapy [and the other
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Pat: [Right
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Nur: thing that they could do is that they can go back in and take another little piece out with the laser…erm, it depends what happens when it goes over to the lab and when they look
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Pat: [(What it is)
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Nur [if it’s just a few tiny little cells they might just go in and take another tiny piece with the laser
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Pat: [Oh right
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Nur: [(and it‐) and you may not need the radiotherapy after all
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Pat: I see
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Nur: erm, so, it’s not‐ it’s not a certainty that you’re going to end up having the radiotherapy as well, it’s a small chance
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Pat: Yeah
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Nur: [So
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Wfe: [O‐
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Nur: Go on
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The patient’s wife wonders if remedial radiotherapy would be the ‘full course’ and the nurse explains that this would depend on laboratory results. |
Nur: So
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Pat: That’s fine.
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