Can Cancer Surgery Spread Cancer?
No, properly performed cancer surgery does not spread cancer to other parts of the body. This is one of the oldest fears in oncology and it persists because some patients notice new disease appearing after surgery, but that’s almost always pre-existing...
Side Effects of Cancer Surgery
Common side effects of cancer surgery include post-operative pain, fatigue, surgical site infection, bleeding, nerve damage, lymphedema, changes in organ function, and emotional distress. Every cancer surgery carries some combination of these depending on which organ...
How Cancer Staging Is Done Before Surgery?
Cancer staging before surgery combines imaging scans, tissue biopsies, and blood tests to determine exactly how far the disease has spread using the TNM system. T measures tumor size and local invasion, N checks lymph node involvement, and M confirms whether cancer...
Questions to Ask Oncologist Before Cancer Surgery
You should ask about cancer stage, surgical options available, expected margins, whether lymph nodes need removal, recovery timeline, complication risks, and what adjuvant treatment comes after. Most patients sit in that first consultation overwhelmed and forget to...