Understanding Cancer Treatment Options: Surgery

Learn how your treatment plan is decided and terms you may see

We continue our series to help you understand cancer and its treatment. This week we focus on surgery, the oldest form of cancer treatment. Learn about surgery timing, types of cancer surgery, and how NCCN evidence-based guidelines provide a standard treatment path no matter where you are.

In this Episode:

• 02:58 - Wisconsin-Cheese, UFOs, and Booyah Stew
• 04:52 - Anna Quindlen: Get a Life Where You Are Generous"
• 08:06 - Medical Specialists Involved in Cancer Care
• 08:52 - Treatment Decisions, Tumor Board and NCCN Guidelines
• 12:03 - Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Therapy
• 13:13 - Surgery Timing, Reasons and Types
• 18:00 - Discussion - NCCN and Role of Research
• 24:34 - Reeves Keyworth:“On Loved Ones Telling the Dying to ‘Let Go”
• 23:54 - Outro

Surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy alone or in combination are the most-common methods used to treat cancer. Specific treatment varies depending on the kind of cancer, the extent of the disease, its rate of progression, and the condition of the person. Surgery alone may not result in a cure and often chemotherapy and/or radiation are needed after surgery. Learn all about surgery and the guidelines your doctor will be following for your treatment.

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