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Does A Cancerous Tumor Removal Surgery Kill The Cancer Cells Permanently?

When you have had a cancer tumour removed and the test came back that the cancer cells were raped around the nerves and in the tissues around the area where the tumour was and you need 30 radiation treatments how will the Dr. know if the radiation killed the cancer cells or what kind of test can the do to see if it killed the cells or will they just assume it did
Mon, 22 Jan 2018
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Hello, I admire your logical question. First its good to know in which part of the body the cancer is located. Different locations have different prognosis, for example brain tumors differ from other tumors in their prognosis and of course in therapy. The second part is to know which dignity does the tumor have. There are cancers which have a good prognosis due to surgical intervention but there are cancers which have bad prognosis also with the combined radio-chemotherapy. The next important thing the grade of differentiation. The tumors with bad differentiation have also bad prognosis. The most important thing is which state and infiltration it has, simply said small ones can be removed surgically otherwise primary RCT.
In your case its positive that the tumor has been removed surgically. It means it was small enough and maybe of the entity has a good responsiveness to radiatio. Surgically R0 Situation means there are no cancer cells seen on microscope on the edges of the tumor.
Independent of your treatment you should have regularly checks by your oncologist on the first 2 years every 3 months and after that 4-6 months.
Hope this helps you.
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Does A Cancerous Tumor Removal Surgery Kill The Cancer Cells Permanently?

Hello, I admire your logical question. First its good to know in which part of the body the cancer is located. Different locations have different prognosis, for example brain tumors differ from other tumors in their prognosis and of course in therapy. The second part is to know which dignity does the tumor have. There are cancers which have a good prognosis due to surgical intervention but there are cancers which have bad prognosis also with the combined radio-chemotherapy. The next important thing the grade of differentiation. The tumors with bad differentiation have also bad prognosis. The most important thing is which state and infiltration it has, simply said small ones can be removed surgically otherwise primary RCT. In your case its positive that the tumor has been removed surgically. It means it was small enough and maybe of the entity has a good responsiveness to radiatio. Surgically R0 Situation means there are no cancer cells seen on microscope on the edges of the tumor. Independent of your treatment you should have regularly checks by your oncologist on the first 2 years every 3 months and after that 4-6 months. Hope this helps you.