Cancer
Cancer surgery is an operation or procedure to remove a tumor from the body. Sometimes, some surrounding healthy tissue is also removed. It is the oldest kind of cancer treatment, and it still works well to treat many types of cancer today.
Cancer surgery is an operation or procedure to remove a tumor from the body. Sometimes, some surrounding healthy tissue is also removed. It is the oldest kind of cancer treatment, and it still works well to treat many types of cancer today.
Common reasons you might have cancer surgery include
- Cancer Prevention. For some types of cancer, it’s possible to remove an organ before cancer develops. In this way, surgery helps prevent cancer.
- Diagnosis. Surgery might be used to get a piece of tissue for testing. The sample is tested in a lab to see if it’s cancerous. Other tests might look at the genetic makeup of the cells. The results help your health care team plan your treatment.
- Staging. Cancer Surgery can show the size of the cancer and whether it has spread. This information is used to figure out the cancer’s stage. The cancer’s stage tell you provider how serious your condition is and whether you need aggressive treatment.
- Primary treatment. For man cancers, surgery us the main Treatment.
- Debulking. Sometimes surgery can’t remove all of the cancer. A surgeon may remove as much as possible. This is called Debulking.