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Surgery is a common approach to cancer treatment, and surgical resection of a tumor can be performed for many types of cancer. The goal of surgery is to ... Skiptomaincontent Breadcrumbs Home ServicesWeOffer Treatments TumorResectionSurgery ResizeText TumorResectionSurgery Surgeryisacommonapproachtocancertreatment,andsurgicalresectionofatumorcan beperformedformanytypesofcancer.Thegoalofsurgeryistoremovetheentiretumor orasmuchofthetumoraspossible.Whilesometumorscanberesectedeasily,othersmaybelocatedinhard-to-reachlocations.Intheseinstances,thesurgeonmayhavetoremovetheentireorganoreventhesurroundingstructurestoachievethenecessarytumorresection.Typically,thesurgeonremovesthetumorwithasurroundingamountofnormal,healthytissue(called“surgicalmargin”)toincreasethesuccessofsurgery.A“negativesurgicalmargin”meansthattherewasnocancerfoundinthissurroundingarea,anditisusuallyassociatedwithadecreasedchanceofthethetumorcomingback. Tumorresectionsurgerycanbeused:  Beforechemotherapy orradiation.Thegoalofsurgeryistofullyremoveatumor.Incaseswheremost— butnotall— ofatumorcanberesected,asurgeonmightrecommendsurgicaltumorresectionbeforechemotherapyorradiationtreatmentsothereisasmallerareatotreat. Afterchemotherapyorradiation.Ifthetumorisdeeplyembeddedincriticaltissuesorstructuresinthebody,doctorsmayrecommendchemotherapyorradiationfirstbeforesurgerytoshrinkthetumor.Aninitialtreatmentpriortosurgerymayalsomaketumorresectionsurgeryeasier andoftenreducesthechanceoftumorrecurrenceaftersurgery.  Astheonlytreatment.Whenthetumorhasn’tspreadfromitsoriginallocation,thesurgeoncansometimesremovetheentiretumorandadditionaltreatmentisn’tnecessary. Thoughit’snotalwaysacureforcancer,tumorresectionsurgerycanbeeffectiveateliminatingallorpartofcancerousmasses.Beforesurgery,imagingandtestsareperformedtohelpthesurgeonhaveaclearviewofwherethetumorisinthebody.Dependingontheareaaffectedbycancerandthesizeofthetumor,thecancerisremovedusingopenorminimallyinvasivetechniques.  CombiningCompassion&Skill  TempleHealth,incollaborationwithFoxChaseCancerCenter,offerspatientsinthePhiladelphiaregionaccesstosomeofthemostexperiencedsurgicaloncologists.Workingtogetherwithteamsofmultidisciplinarycancerspecialists,ourdoctorsprovideatreatmentplanforeachpatientthatbestmatcheshisorherneeds.Westrivetoofferpatientsthesafesttreatmentpossiblewhileeliminatingthecancerouscells.  ReadyforanAppointment? Findadoctor nearyou, requestanappointment,orcall800-TEMPLE-MED(800-836-7536)today. OurLocations ThelocationslistedbelowarephysicianpracticesonTempleHealthcampuses.Forafulllistofproviders,gotoourFindaDoctorsearch. FoxChaseCancerCenter 333CottmanAvenue Philadelphia,PA19111 888-369-2427OutpatientserviceslocatedatFoxChaseCancerCenterMainCampusareprovidedbyTempleUniversityHospital. ScheduleAppointment GetDirections TempleUniversityHospital–MainCampus 3401N.BroadStreet Philadelphia,PA19140 800-TEMPLE-MED ScheduleAppointment GetDirections TempleUniversityHospital–JeanesCampus 7600CentralAvenue Philadelphia,PA 19111 215-728-CARE ScheduleAppointment FindADoctor Directions&Parking Share mainmenu BackOneLevel TumorResectionSurgery Doctors&CareTeam InThisSection Doctors&CareTeam FindADoctor ScheduleAppointment InThisSection Doctors&CareTeam BackToTop



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