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If you're luck enough to find a cancer that is isolated in one organ, you might be able to do the transplant. Chances are there are local lymph nodes involved which will spread the cancer. Transplants require immune suppression medicines that put those people at risk for cancer. So instead we try to remove the parts that are cancerous. Part of a liver can be taken out. A cancerous kidney can be removed. Same with a bladder. Brain is out of the question. Partial lungs are removed. You see if you need a full liver transplant. once you have the transplant and start the meds you have a great chance to get cancer within 5 years.
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