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… Lung Surgery for Lung Cancer On this page: Surgery Overview What To Expect Why It … Surgery Overview The goal of surgery for lung cancer is to remove all of the cancer and a border of normal tissue (margin) around it. The …
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… Colorectal Cancer Genetic Testing On this page: Overview What the … Genetic Counselling Overview Colorectal cancer genetic testing can tell you if you carry rare changed, or mutated, genes that can cause colorectal cancer. Although most people who get colorectal cancer do …
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… Excision of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer On this page: Surgery Overview What To Expect How … Surgery Overview Excision of non-melanoma skin cancer is a treatment to remove, or excise, basal cell and squamous cell cancers (carcinomas) from your skin. Skin cancer is the …
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… Hepatitis B and C: Risk of Liver Cancer On this page: Overview Overview … . The damage that results increases the risk of liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma). If you have chronic HBV infection: You may develop liver cancer even if you do not have cirrhosis. But most people …
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… Cancer Support: Managing Stress On this page: Overview … There's a lot you can do to lower your stress when you have cancer. The key is to find one or two ways of coping with … to talk to someone who isn't directly affected by your cancer. A cancer support group helps you connect with other …
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… Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer On this page: Overview Risks Overview Active … is an option for some people who have slow-growing cancer that hasn't spread outside the prostate (localized). … and tests. You won't have treatment unless tests show the cancer is growing. Some people will never need treatment. It …
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… Cancer: Home Treatment for Pain On this page: Overview … Information Overview Home treatment may help to reduce cancer pain and improve your physical and mental well-being. … cold treatments can help with mild to moderate pain from cancer. Talk to your doctor before trying either heat or …
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… Bowel Resection for Colorectal Cancer On this page: Surgery Overview How It Is Done What To … tissue or part of an organ. Bowel resection for colorectal cancer , also called partial colectomy, removes the tumour. … is to take out the part of the colon or rectum where the cancer is. Nearby lymph nodes are taken out and tested for …
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… Hormone Treatment for Breast Cancer On this page: Overview Overview Some breast cancers need the hormones estrogen or progesterone to grow. These cancer cells have "receptors" on their surface that let …
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… Whipple Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer On this page: Surgery Overview What To Expect Why It … and other organs in the area. This is done to see if the cancer has spread. Tissue samples may be taken for a biopsy … is examined under a microscope to see if it is free of cancer cells. This is known as getting "clear margins." …
