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Why doctors don't operate on the breast if there are already metastases in liver?
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Really no benefit: If there is cancer in the liver, taking the cancer out of the breast does not help the liver. In addition, being able to feel a mass in the breast can allow the clinician to tell if there has been a response. Hope this helps.
Answered 1/5/2013
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