I have neuroendocrine tumor rectal colon cancer and have already gone through 25 rounds of chemo radiation with capacitabine tablets plus photon radiation, along with 4 cycles of carboplatin and etoposide chemo. Will I need surgery for this? Is this type of cancer fully curable can I expect to recover completely and be disease-free?

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I was just diagnosed with a thyroid cancer tumor in my neck can surgery actually treat this or are there other options I should know about

surgery opinion is advised.

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I was recently diagnosed with fibroadenoma and have four lumps one was removed (5.3 cm) but the others are smaller. Can they be treated with medication or will I need surgery for those too? I've attached my biopsy report for reference.

Small fibroadenomas are often monitored; surgery is only needed if they grow, cause symptoms, or raise diagnostic concerns.

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My mom was diagnosed with hepatitis B in November 2016. She had a mastectomy in December 2016 and is now going through chemo FECx3 and DOCEx3, 6 cycles total, with her 3rd cycle coming up next week. The doctors suggested starting hepatitis B treatment alongside the surgery. What kind of treatment or meds would she need, and what's the prognosis looking like?

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