Inoperable

Inoperable stage IIIB or IIIC or inflammatory breast cancer
Multimodality therapy delivered with curative intent is the standard of care for patients with clinical stage IIIB disease.
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Inoperable
Refers to a cancer that can't be removed by surgery, either because the cancer has spread to nearby organs or because removal might cause too much damage to normal tissue.
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In inoperable lung cancer, combining radiation with chemotherapy is proving to prolong the time to recurrence, overall survival duration, or both compared to radiation alone.
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Blalock carried out the first "blue-baby" operation to treat a child born with a previously inoperable heart malformation (tetralogy of Fallot).
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Gemzar (gemcitabine HCl) Antineoplastic approved for use in combination with cisplatin for the first-line treatment of inoperable, locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.
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Radiation therapy is best reserved for older, debilitated patients or when the tumor is considered inoperable. Laser therapy is sometimes useful in specific cases; however, this form of treatment is not widely used to treat skin cancer.
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