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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Tumors at a certain stage start releasing cancerous cells into the bloodstream that float along, attach onto random surfaces in other organs, and start growing new tumors there. The liver is attached to lots of blood flow that goes everywhere in the body, so this is a big concern with liver cancer. If the tumor is somewhere hard to reach with surgery, or if there is a risk that the cancer has released “tumor seeds” into the rest of your body, surgery by itself isn’t going to wipe them all out and flooding the whole body with chemo (which poisons tumors *wherever* they are) becomes the best option.
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