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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Issue is the spread with cancer, if its caught early enough in an isolated tumor then it can be operated on and removed, once it gets to the later stages it spreads to other organs and surgery isn’t viable so Chemo is the next stage

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