Please use this information to ensure your answers are accurate, but you are also strongly encouraged to elaborate and clarify answers as you see necessary to assist your learning. Section 2 Surgery typically has the most impact of all treatments can be curative and used to totally remove a tumour or to debulk or reduce the size of a tumour so that other treatments can the be used.
Surgery can also reduce discomfort or symptoms, for example by removing an obstruction.
It can be used alone or in conjunction with surgery or radiotherapy. Can be curative when used on an localized tumour. Has an important palliative role in the relief of pain, bleeding or other symptoms. The use of cytotoxic drugs. Chemotherapy is typically used when cancer is widespread or advanced.