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The curative surgery aims to remove the tumor while respecting a margin of safety device and, as appropriate, nearby lymph nodes (that is to say, the lymph draining the area or organ operated).
The margin of safety is supposed to sound the part that surrounds the tumor and which is then analyzed to verify the absence or presence of cancer cells.
If after analysis, the margin is positive, that is to say, it contains cancerous cells, the patient is sometimes operated again to remove that part of tissue.
The size of the margin of safety varies by cancer type and location of the tumor.
The curative surgery can be radical or conservative

• It is called radical if the body containing the tumor is removed in its entirety.
• Wherever possible and consistent with the stage of the tumor, surgeons try to preserve organ function and / or body image by making interventions called conservative.

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