@catherineedna Thank you for the link to a very informative article regarding surgery and cancer metastasis. Although the article by itself is only a research based on other articles, it confirms that surgery can cause cancer spread. I agreed with @windyshores that its intention is not to discourage surgery but to discuss options that might reduces the risk of cancer spreading. After all I believe that surgery is the best way to remove majority of cancer cells from your body. There are some options that are suggested to reduce the risk of spreading, but need further research. I don’t understand much about medicinal terms, but correct me if I’m wrong:
1. Chemo after surgery: but it can increase risk of infection and wound healing. My question is that if your oncotype is low, how good is it to kill rogue cancer cells? @windyshores mentions the use of AIs, but if your cancer cells are ER-, this wouldn’t help either? It wouldn’t help if the cells stay dormant and don’t need fuel to survive?
2. Beta blockers/COX: results are inconclusive
3. Some other treatments/medications that need further research. I have no idea what it’s talking about.
Obviously if the threat of cancer metastasis is high, there would be an active effort to prevent that from happening. In the mean time what other options do we have but surgery?