Therefore, removing the liver tumor was useless, as other tumors had no relation to the original liver tumor and continued to grow on their own. This type of disease is predominantly found in the digestive system. Teacher Zhang soon found that after removing the primary liver tumor, tumors emerged in the duodenum and pancreas, eventually infiltrating the liver and bile ducts again, causing severe ascites. Their anatomical proximity might have led to the initial oversight.
"I reckon the teachers must have felt terrible back then, not daring to contemplate such a possibility, which would mean there might be no cure," Xie Wanying said, "Diagnostic equipment couldn't possibly detect all extremely small lesions."
In fact, there were doctors who had suspicions in this direction four years ago, especially since the subsequent liver tumors differed in appearance from the original. This was further confirmed after an autopsy was performed.
