In some cases, survival time after surgery have be tripled in patients treated aggressively with surgery [those with large resections lived 3 years and those treated with
only tumor removal in the same tumor type lived 1 year]
Not exact matches
The identification of patients with high - risk breast cancer is key to knowing whether a patient will require
only the
removal of the
tumor by surgery or whether if she will need additional chemotherapy to make sure the
removal of breast cancer cells.
Today, we are pioneering the use of interventional radiology for the surgical
removal of pediatric
tumors, and we are one of
only a few centers nationally to offer I - 131 MIBG therapy for children with relapsed neuroblastoma.
The surgical team was amazed that I was able to successfully withstand the
removal of the
tumor with minimum trauma and
only required one pint of blood.
Parathyroid hormone is
only active for twenty minutes in the blood so surgical
removal of the
tumor may result in a rapid fall in blood calcium.
Theoretically,
removal of hormonal stimuli will stop the growth of some
tumors, but in most cases this can
only be achieved by
removal of the cancerous tissue.
If
only one side is involved, and the
tumor is deemed to be in an early enough state for cure to be possible, consider prophylactic
removal of the unaffected mammary chain (i.e. the other side) as the factors that led to
tumor development on the first side undoubtedly still apply to the as yet unaffected side.
Surgery The goal of surgical
removal of a brain
tumor is either to cure the disease by complete
removal (which
only occurs rarely) or to alleviate the clinical signs by decompressing the brain.
If
only one side is involved, and the
tumor is deemed to be in an early enough state for cure to be possible, one should consider prophylactic
removal of the unaffected mammary chain (i.e. the other side) as the factors that led to
tumor development on the first side undoubtedly still apply to the (as yet) unaffected side.
Amputation of the affected limb is the primary method of treatment, since
removal of the
tumor without the limb often results in a re-occurrence of the problem, although new techniques for
tumor only removal are continually being researched.