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Is It Possible To Undergo Open Heart Surgery When Suffering From Advanced Prostate Cancer?
My brother has advanced prostate cancer treated with hormones and radiation so far he has a blockage in his heart and dr wants to do open heart surgery is this possible with advanced prostate cancer will it not cause the cancer to grow faster i am so scared about this also isnt this an extremly hard surgery to recover from
Tue, 4 Feb 2014
Good day!
malignancy with a big surgery is a complicated issue and need a lot of aspects to be discussed by a team of professionalists. Let the cardiologists operating or intending to operate decide what is best for you
regards
malignancy with a big surgery is a complicated issue and need a lot of aspects to be discussed by a team of professionalists. Let the cardiologists operating or intending to operate decide what is best for you
regards
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