The policy, offered to those willing to sign a " Good Health Statement, " is available only to people who have not had any impairments or diseases in the past five years involving the heart or circulatory system; lungs or respiratory system; stomach or digestive system; liver or kidneys, brain or nervous system; cancer or any other malignant disease; AIDS and AIDS-related diseases; HIV; or diabetes.
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However, pathological analysis of these specimens is critically important in confirming the previous diagnosis, staging the extent of malignant disease, establishing whether or not the entire diseased area was removed ( a process called " determination of the surgical margin, " often using frozen section ), identifying the presence of unsuspected concurrent diseases, and providing information for postoperative treatment, such as adjuvant chemotherapy in the case of cancer.
