The short answer to this question is yes. In fact, all cancers are curable if they are caught early enough. That is the justification for screening tests (such as mammograms, colonoscopies, and prostate exams). When cancers are caught early, they tend to be smaller, they are thus either easier to remove surgically or more likely to shrink in response to chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
Cancers not caught early enough (when they are no longer small in size or few in number) still may be curable and almost certainly are treatable. Even advanced cancers - malignancies that have spread to different parts of the body, or have metastasized - usually are treatable. Often, they are thought of as "chronic diseases." or diseases that a person will live with over a long period. While a given therapy may not cure a disease, it may extend a person's life until a more promising and potentially curative therapy becomes available.
Cancers not caught early enough (when they are no longer small in size or few in number) still may be curable and almost certainly are treatable. Even advanced cancers - malignancies that have spread to different parts of the body, or have metastasized - usually are treatable. Often, they are thought of as "chronic diseases." or diseases that a person will live with over a long period. While a given therapy may not cure a disease, it may extend a person's life until a more promising and potentially curative therapy becomes available.
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