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Part of my small intestine neuroendocrine cancer tumor was removed and not the complete tumor. he did not have expertise and referred me out. does this mean i have active cancer cells traveling thru bloodstream and can move from grade 1 to 3 quickly?

Q: part of my small intestine neuroendocrine cancer tumor was removed and not the complete tumor. he did not have expertise and referred me out. does this mean i have active cancer cells traveling thru bloodstream and can move from grade 1 to 3 quickly?

: Malignant tumor does not behave (progress) that way, otherwise nobody wants to have the biopsy done which is not much different with your situation.

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Dr. Hiep Le answered

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Malignant tumor does not behave (progress) that way, otherwise nobody wants to have the biopsy done which is not much different with your situation.

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Answered 8/18/2022

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A member asked:

Part of my small intestine neuroendocrine cancer tumor was removed and not the complete tumor. he did not have expertise and referred me out. does this mean i have active cancer cells traveling thru bloodstream and can move from grade 1 to 3 quickly?

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Dr. Hiep Le answered

Dr Machanic agreed

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