Advanced cancer is cancer that has grown beyond the organ where it first started. Often it has spread to many places in the body. But advanced cancer is not exactly the same as metastatic cancer. A cancer might be called advanced if it involves a vital organ and can’t be removed.
Often the term advanced cancer means that it can’t be cured. Still, even if there is no cure, treatment can sometimes shrink the cancer, help relieve symptoms, and allow the person to live longer. Some people can live many years with advanced cancer.
In many cases, advanced cancer happens after the person has had cancer for some time and treatment is no longer working. But for some people the cancer may already be advanced when they first find out they have the disease. In any case, symptoms such as pain and depression can almost always be treated.
Source: http://www.cancer.org
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