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Journal Article
Getting the News: A Signer among Signs
2009
Overview
Cappello details the treatment of her breast cancer. She argues that the steps of a core biopsy go like this: first, a needle filled with local anesthetic is inserted into the affected breast. Then a small incision is made through which the doctor guides a tube, into which she inserts an instrument she'll use to take samples of the tumor, the contours of which she simultaneously watches on an ultrasound screen. She needs to withdraw five samples minimum, and the instrument makes a loud stapling sound with each extraction. Sometimes the samples break up and she has to take more. Moreover, Cappello asserts that in her first meeting with her new surgeon, she was given the pathologist's report as the single most important interpretation in a cancer dossier, an identifying grid that she must carry now inside her wallet alongside her driver's license and her library card.
