Blogs
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...
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...
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...
Can Young People Get Colon Cancer?
Colon cancer in adults under 50 is rising 3% per year and 1 in 5 colorectal diagnoses now falls in someone under 55. Young patients get caught at...
Can Cancer Spread During Surgery?
Surgical spread of cancer, called iatrogenic dissemination, is rare when surgery is performed by an experienced oncological surgeon following proper...
What Does Stage 3 Cancer Mean for Survival?
Stage 3 cancer means the tumour has grown beyond its origin and reached nearby lymph nodes or surrounding tissue, but hasn't spread to distant...
Why Does Chemotherapy Cause Fatigue?
Chemotherapy causes fatigue through multiple simultaneous pathways including bone marrow suppression that drops red blood cell production causing...
Can Cancer Be Completely Cured?
Several cancers are fully curable when caught at the right stage and treated with precision. Thyroid, testicular, and Stage I colon cancers carry...
Nausea Management During Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy-induced nausea affects up to 80% of patients but modern antiemetic drugs control it effectively in most cases when given preventively...









