Assertion: pancreatic cancer's tumor | /r/HasProperty | removed by surgery
Facets:
value: of the pancreatic cancer
type: OTHER
value: completely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Tumors within the pancreas only (localized tumors), or with limited metastases, for example to the liver, may be removed by surgery.
text: CT is the tool most often used to diagnose pancreatic cancer, as it allows the doctor to determine if the tumor can be removed by surgery or not.
text: Stage II tumors are usually either able to be removed by surgery (resectable) or borderline resectable.
text: Borderline resectable tumors may be able to be removed by surgery, especially if treatments are used to shrink the cancer.
text: Even more striking, T cells recognizing these neoantigens were present in the blood of long-term survivors up to 12 years after the tumors had been removed by surgery.
text: Depending on the resectability (likelihood that the tumor can be completely removed by surgery) of the pancreatic cancer, chemotherapy can be given:
text: If the tumor can be removed by surgery, and other tests and symptoms suggest pancreatic cancer, the surgeon may decide to go on with surgery.
text: At this stage, most tumors are unresectable (unable to be removed by surgery) and are treated with therapies that travel through the bloodstream to reach cancer cells throughout the body.