In the case of cardiac implants, not all require removal, and such a procedure may do more harm than good.

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She had been undergoing a procedure for the removal of an ovarian cyst when the gynecologist who was operating on her discovered that she had metastatic colon cancer.

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The procedure - known as peritonectomy and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy - requires a patient to undergo a complex surgical procedure and involves the removal of the membrane that lines the inner wall of the abdomen and all visible recurrent cancer.

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