Can a Biopsy Spread Cancer?
A properly performed needle biopsy has no clinically significant evidence of causing cancer to spread. The risk of needle tract seeding exists but sits below 0.003% to 0.01% across most cancer types, far lower than the risk of leaving cancer undiagnosed and untreated....
Why Do Some Cancers Not Respond to Chemotherapy?
Some tumours block chemotherapy before it can act. They pump the drug out, repair the DNA damage it causes, or simply lack the receptor it needs to get inside the cell. Others start sensitive and turn resistant mid-treatment as surviving cells take over. This...
How Do Doctors Decide the Right Cancer Treatment?
Cancer treatment decisions rest on four factors: cancer type, stage, tumour biology from biopsy, and patient fitness. No two patients with the same cancer name get the same plan because these variables differ in every case. A tumour board of oncologists, surgeons, and...