Tannishtha Chatterjee’s cancer diagnosis explained: What ‘oligometastatic’ means and treatment options

Actor-filmmaker Tannishtha Chatterjee has shared that she’s been diagnosed with stage-4 oligometastatic cancer. This is a form of advanced cancer where the disease has spread to a limited number of sites. The revelation has put a complex term into public conversation, but also a sliver of hope: this pattern of spread can be more amenable to targeted treatment than widely metastatic disease.

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