What is preventative chemotherapy? Experts say this isn’t an official medical term but an expected approach to cancer treatment. Here’s what it entails.
In a video message released by Kensington Palace, Kate Middleton, 42, confirmed that she was diagnosed with cancer after she underwent “major abdominal surgery” in January. “At the time, it was thought that my condition was noncancerous,” the Princess of Wales explained in the video. “The surgery was successful. However, tests after the operation found cancer had been present.
gl “Depending on the type of cancer, even when you remove it surgically, there may be some rogue cells that have escaped bloodstream,” Dr. Bilchik explains. Having chemotherapy after surgery can help eradicate those cells and keep them from forming new tumours, he explains. The phrase “preventative chemotherapy” is a “term of comfort,” as Dr. Bilchik puts it. “There’s no medical term that defines ‘preventive chemotherapy’.
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