Your surgery experience depends on many things, including the disease being treated, the type of operation being done, and your overall health. There are probably as many different surgical techniques as there are diseases to treat, so each case is different.
It’s not possible to get into the specifics of each type of operation here. If you would like more detail, you can find it in the treatment sections of our documents on specific types of cancer. Call us at 1-800-227-2345 or go to our Web site, www.cancer.org, to get this information.
Still, some parts of the surgical experience happen in almost all types of operations. They include pre-operative testing and preparation, the surgery itself (usually including some type of drugs to get you through the surgery), and a recovery period.
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