Eli5 why cancerous Tumors cant just be removed

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Gandma had colon cancer. They just cut ist out.
Grandpa has liver cancer. Has to go through chemo.
Why cant they just cut out the liver cancer. The liver can heal Right?

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Because tumors aren’t always like skin tags that are well defined where you know exactly where they begin and end. If you miss a part of a tumor you’ve cut it open and now there’s a possibility one of the cancer cells inside the tumor can break free and deposit itself somewhere even harder to operate on.

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