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Can Removal Of Cancerous Liver Cause Any Threat To Life?

hi, my uncle suffered from cancer,it's located at the left side of the liver,before that the tumor size was 5.4 after chemotherapy it's reduced. doctors side it's possible to remove by the surgery. but we are very scared for surgery. weather surgery will helpful to remove the tumor are not? surgery will harmful for his life? please inform me sir,my mail ID ( YYYY@YYYY ) . I am weighting for your reply.

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Pavani.G
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi Ms Pavani,
I am so sorry to hear about your uncle's condition.
But on the brighter side, advances in surgical techniques has come to such a point that we routinely can remove parts of the liver safely. From purely a technical view point, surgeries to remove the left side of the liver are "easier" than surgeries to remove the right side. We routinely perform these kind of surgeries and most often even without need for blood transfusion. I would advise you to seek surgical care under a specialist Liver surgeon who could safely perform this procedure.
I hope this helped and please do not hesitate to contact me for any further details - rxsuresh@gmail.com
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Can Removal Of Cancerous Liver Cause Any Threat To Life?

Hi Ms Pavani, I am so sorry to hear about your uncle s condition. But on the brighter side, advances in surgical techniques has come to such a point that we routinely can remove parts of the liver safely. From purely a technical view point, surgeries to remove the left side of the liver are easier than surgeries to remove the right side. We routinely perform these kind of surgeries and most often even without need for blood transfusion. I would advise you to seek surgical care under a specialist Liver surgeon who could safely perform this procedure. I hope this helped and please do not hesitate to contact me for any further details - rxsuresh@gmail.com