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Can Chemotherapy Cure Late Stage Primary Peritoneal Cancer Permanently?
My sister has late stage primary peritoneal cancer. She had major surgery but they didn't get it all. After 4 rounds of chemo - her cancer is almost all gone. CAT scan also looks good with just a few tumors left. If the final 2 rounds of chemo takes care of these tumors, does this mean she may be cured or will the cancer come back?
Wed, 21 May 2014
Stage 4 primary peritoneal cancer is unlikely to be cured with chemotherapy. Chemotherapy does send the disease into clinical remission with no disease apparent on clinical exam or CT imaging but the disease relapses after sometime.
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