The Goals of Cancer Surgery

Post-Quantum Cryptography · 3:54

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Before you promise any outcome, learn the name
A tiny biopsy whispers who's to blame
Lymph nodes get sampled, counted one by one
Diagnostic laparoscopy scouts before the war's begun
In gastric, pancreatic battles, scopes peek through the dark
They find the peritoneal ghosts and stop a pointless mark
No need to crack the belly open wide for naught
The camera tells the story that the needle caught

[Chorus]
Cada corte tem seu porquê
Every cut has got a name to earn its stay
Diagnóstico, stage it, cure it, fire away
Paliar, prevenir, rebuild — meu bem, okay
Cada corte tem seu porquê

[Verse 2]
When the tumor's boxed and lonely, curative's the call
Take it out with clean wide margins, nothing on the wall
But ovarian cancer scatters seeds like dust across the room
Cytoreductive debulking thins the biggest, loudest doom
Not every battle's winnable, some cancers just won't bend
Palliative surgery eases pain, unblocks, befriends the end
Relieving symptoms, nothing more — that's victory redefined
Comfort measured not in margins but in quiet of the mind

[Chorus]
Cada corte tem seu porquê
Every cut has got a name to earn its stay
Diagnóstico, stage it, cure it, fire away
Paliar, prevenir, rebuild — meu bem, okay
Cada corte tem seu porquê

[Verse 3]
Sometimes you cut before the darkness ever starts to grow
Colectomy for FAP — the polyps told you so
MEN2 marks the thyroid, calcitonin screams ahead
Thyroidectomy silences the gene before it's fed
BRCA murmurs through the family tree, a warning in the blood
Mastectomy clears the risk before it ever floods
CDH1 hides in stomach lining, silent, undetected
Gastrectomy steps in early — the organ gets protected

[Verse 4]
After cutting comes the building, form and function restored
Flaps and grafts and quiet stitches — the body redrawn, adored
Reconstructive surgery isn't vanity, it's returning to the plan
Say the goal before you open — that's the architect's command
It shapes the consent paper, how far the blade should roam
It's how you measure winning once the patient heads back home

[Verse 5]
Staging surgery charts the map, how far the shadow spread
Exploratory eyes confirm what scans had only said
Sentinel nodes get tested first, a scout before the rest
Before you cut for cure, you cut to know the score
Each step writes the story down, the body keeps the score

[Bridge]
Diagnóstico, estadiamento, cura, redução
Paliativo, prevenção, reconstrução
Seven goals, one scalpel, every reason has its place
Name it first, meu bem, before you touch the face

[Outro]
Cada corte tem seu porquê
Name the goal, then let the hands obey
Diagnóstico, stage it, cure it, fire away
Cada corte tem seu porquê... meu bem, okay

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