It can, but the risk is specific and largely preventable. The main danger is power morcellation,...

These two aren't alternatives, they treat completely different problems. The Whipple removes a...

Surgery is possible in Stage 3 lung cancer, but only for selected patients, mainly those with...

Thyroid conditions are common. Goiters, nodules, and thyroid cancers affect millions, and women...

Thyroid cancer is one of the more treatable cancers, with excellent survival rates when caught and...

Testicular cancer can spread, usually first to the lymph nodes at the back of the abdomen, then to...

A second cancer surgery is needed when the first operation didn't fully finish the job, or when...

Laparoscopy can be used for liver cancer, in the right patient. For small tumours sitting in...

It depends on whether cure is the goal. Surgery is the only option that can remove the cancer and...

The treatment depends entirely on the tumour type. Higher grade adenocarcinomas of the appendix...

Colonoscopy is the better test. It does two jobs in one sitting, it finds polyps and removes them...

HIPEC can help some Stage 4 ovarian cancer patients, but not all. It works when the cancer has...

Neither one is better across the board. It depends entirely on the situation. Gallstones causing...

Age by itself doesn't rule out cancer surgery. A fit 80 year old often handles surgery better than...

Pancreatic cancer is mostly a disease of older age, but young adults can get it too. Cases under...

Cancer rehabilitation helps patients rebuild strength, function and daily life during and after...

A biopsy confirms cancer and its type. Molecular testing goes a step further, reading the tumour's...

Air pollution is a proven cause of lung cancer, and India's pollution levels make that a real...

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery, usually shortened to ERAS, is a set of evidence based steps that...

Organ-sparing cancer surgery removes the tumour while keeping as much of the organ, and its...

Intraoperative ultrasound is imaging done live, during the operation itself. The surgeon places an...

Cancer vaccines do exist in India, and they're already in everyday use. The catch is what kind....

Gallbladder cancer is caught late mostly because it hides in plain sight. Its early symptoms look...

Bile duct cancer is hard to catch early, and that's the honest starting point. It stays quiet...

Familial pancreatic cancer is pancreatic cancer that clusters in families. The formal definition...

Peritoneal mesothelioma is a rare cancer that starts in the lining of the abdomen. That lining,...

A neuroendocrine tumour can be a cancer, but not always. These tumours grow from the body's...

A multi-cancer early detection test, or MCED, is a single blood test that screens for many cancers...

A liquid biopsy is a blood test that looks for traces of cancer in the bloodstream. Tumours shed...

Colon cancer is one of the most detectable cancers in its early stages. It usually starts as a...

There's no single price tag for rectal cancer surgery. The cost tracks the clinical picture, which...

Plenty of rectal cancers go straight to surgery, no radiation first. It comes down to stage and...

There's a real difference between the two. An adrenal tumour is any growth on the adrenal gland,...

Kidney cancer can involve both kidneys, but this is far less common than patients fear when they...

Gastric adenocarcinoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumour arise in the same organ but represent...

Colorectal cancer has traditionally been considered a disease of people above 50. That picture is...

Only 15 to 20 percent of pancreatic cancer patients qualify for Whipple surgery. The rest have...

In oral cancer surgery, neck dissection is part of the same operation in most cases, not a...

Head and neck cancer can recur after robotic surgery, including TORS. The risk depends heavily on...

Most cancer pain is chronic and managed with medication. But some pain in cancer patients signals...

The appendix sits next to the colon, but cancer arising there is a different disease entirely....

In a narrow but clearly defined group of patients, yes. Very early, low-grade uterine cancer in...

Bladder preservation is possible in bladder cancer, and for the majority of patients it's the...

Robotic lung cancer surgery is available in India. Not everywhere, but at select surgical oncology...

Total thyroidectomy removes the entire thyroid gland. Partial, also called hemithyroidectomy or...

Early stage cervical cancer can often be treated without removing the uterus. For very early...

It can. But not often, and not permanently. Stage I disease on active surveillance has a...

Resection is better when the liver behind the tumour is healthy enough to function after part of...

For locally advanced esophageal cancer, chemo isn't just given before surgery. It's given to make...

Most planned colon cancer surgeries don't result in a permanent colostomy bag. For right...

Prostate cancer surgery is not always necessary. Many prostate cancers are slow growing, low...

Many cancer survivors can donate blood, but not all. The answer splits cleanly by cancer type....

Adjuvant therapy is everything that happens after surgery to stop the cancer coming back. The...

Most patients who had a lumpectomy will need radiation afterwards, while those who had a...

Cancer rewires the way the body uses food. So eating more, even of the right things, doesn't...

Robotic cancer surgery is widely available to international patients in India, including those...

Surgery doesn't automatically stop. The surgeon looks at what's there, how far it goes, and...

Immunosuppression means the immune system can't fight infections the way it should. During cancer...

Frozen section is a quick tissue test done while surgery is still in progress. The surgeon sends a...

The liver is the most common first stop for cancers that spread. It's all about blood flow. Blood...