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Surgical removal is for most abdominal cancers the only treatment that opens up the prospect of long-term survival. Surgery, however, appears to be a two-edged sword. In the wisdom of part of the general public in the Netherlands, it is commonly believed that patients will die sooner if their cancers are exposed to “air” during laparotomy. This belief, or perhaps shrewd observation, has been ridiculed by health professionals for a long time. However, many clinical observations appear to support the assumption that surgery can sometimes result in enhancement of tumor growth and spread.
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Zoetmulder, F.A.N. (1996). Cancer cell seeding during abdominal surgery: Experimental studies. In: Sugarbaker, P.H. (eds) Peritoneal Carcinomatosis: Principles of Management. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 82. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1247-5_10
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