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Surgery

Surgery (January 2020)

This factsheet explains why surgery may be used to treat cancer. It describes how the surgery is carried out, what happens before and after an operation, and the possible long-term complications, such as lymphoedema.

Author(s)
Macmillan Cancer Support
Place of publication
London
Publisher
Macmillan Cancer Support
Date of publication
January 2020
Pages
13pp
Order reference
Supplier
https://www.macmillan.org.uk/, https://be.macmillan.org.uk/be
Subject(s)
Surgery, Lymphoedema
Format
Factsheet
Language
English
Flesch readability score
71.9
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