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Sunday 02 April 2023
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The artist, Sherine Al-Tahan, is going through a health crisis, following which she was transferred to a hospital, and the doctors kept her in the intensive care room, and the reason is due to her cancer, from which she announced her recovery some time ago.
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In the following report, “The Consulto” reviews the reasons for the return of cancer following recovery, according to the “Cancer Research UK” website.
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Reasons for the recurrence of cancer
1- The return of the cancer following surgery
The doctor may have great difficulty in removing all the cancerous cells during the surgery, so the patient is required following the operation to undergo some auxiliary treatments, such as chemotherapy, radiation or hormonal therapy.
Therefore, if the patient does not undergo the adjuvant treatment prescribed by the doctor following the tumor removal surgery, there is a possibility that the cancer will return to him once more.
2- Cancer recurrence following chemotherapy
Although chemotherapy is effective in fighting cancer, it is not able to kill all cancer cells in the body, which prompts the patient’s immune system to take over the task of eliminating the remaining cells, with the help of targeted drugs.
If the patient does not receive the targeted medications prescribed by the doctor, his immunity will not be able to eliminate the remaining cancer cells from chemotherapy.
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3- Cancer recurrence following radiotherapy
Cancer may return following radiotherapy for two reasons:
Its inability to kill all cancer cells.
Damage to healthy cells near the cancer due to radiation.
4- Cancer recurrence following immunotherapy
There is no doubt that immunotherapy contributes to eliminating cancer very effectively, but small cells may remain that do not appear in tests and analyzes, and as they grow, malignant disease returns once more.
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5- Cancer is resistant to treatment
Cancer may have genetic mutations, such as p-glycoprotein, a protein that prevents drugs from killing cancer cells.
