DIVISION OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY COIMBATORE INDIA

Oncology that specializes in treating cancer by the means of surgery or by removing cancerous tissue or tumors is known as surgical oncology.

Surgery is considered as one of the oldest treatment for cancer that not only helps in staging and diagnosing but also helps in curing many types of cancer. A surgery is also effective in treating those cancers that have not spread to any other body organ.

Conditions Treated by Surgical Oncology

Soft tissue sarcomas
Head and neck cancers
Breast cancer
Gastrointestinal cancer
Stomach
Pancreas
Esophagus
Liver
Rectum and Colon
Melanoma
Endocrine Cancer
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Types 1 and 2
Thyroid
Adrenal Gland
Parathyroid
Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Surgical Oncology Procedures

Thyroidectomy : This procedure involves the removal of half or the entire thyroid for diagnosing and treating thyroid cancer.

Pancreatico duodenectomy or Whipple: This surgical procedure involves the removal of the head of the pancreas, growth on the duodenum and bile duct. A Whipple procedure may also be performed for strictures of the pancreatic duct or the bile and also for severe pancreatitis.  The last part of the surgery aims at reconstructing the pancreas, the bile duct and the stomach.

Breast Surgery: Mastectomy, biopsy and segmental or lumpectomy are some of the types of surgical procedures that are included in breast surgeries for treating breast cancer.

Melanoma Excision : The risk of recurrence of melanoma (a skin cancer) is reduced by making a wide excision of normal healthy skin around the affected part. The depth of the melanoma determines the width of the resection.

Rectal or Colon Resection : The rectal or colon cancer involves the removal of a part of the rectum or colon. In some cases, the bowel is re-connected so as to avoid an ostomy or stoma.

Distal Pancreatectomy : The end of the pancreas is surgically removed by performing a distal pancreatectomy. Injury, pancreatic cancer, pancreatic pseudocysts and chronic pancreatitis can be treated with the help of this procedure.

Gastrectomy: Gastrectomy is a procedure that involves the removal of a part or the entire stomach. The procedure is performed for treating stomach cancer or gastric cancer.

Liver Resection : This is considered as a treatment option for primary liver cancer and sometimes for metastatic liver cancer. Different types of liver tumors can be removed by performing the surgical procedure of liver resection. The primary aim is to remove all affected tissue and the tumors by leaving as much liver as possible.

Lymph Node Dissection: This procedure is primarily performed for treating skin or breast cancer. This can be either completion lymph node dissection or sentinel lymph node. The completion lymph node dissections involve the removal of all the lymph nodes from an area of the body that include groin or armpit. On the other hand, sentinel lymph node involves the removal of the first few lymph nodes that drain the affected area.

Esophagectomy: This procedure is performed for removing a part or the entire of the esophagus. The aim of the procedure is to treat esophagus cancer