Tumor Surgery

Oncologic Surgery

Oncologic Surgery is a field that focuses on using surgery for cancer diagnosis, staging, and treatment.

Oncological surgeons may perform palliative surgeries to help control the pain that the disease can cause and manage the patient’s symptoms and side effects of cancer, as well as surgeries to remove cancerous tissue and organs if possible or to reduce tumor size.

Whether a patient is a candidate for surgery depends on factors such as the type, size, location, grade, and stage of the tumor, as well as considerations of the patient’s health, including age, physical fitness, and other medical conditions.

In Oncological Surgery applications, other health indicators of the patient are examined and evaluated according to the size of the tumor, its location and whether it metastasizes, and it can be applied with open, laparoscopic or robotic surgery.

What are the Methods Used in Cancer Treatment?

Today, developments in the field of medicine have made some types of cancer a disease that can be treated. The methods frequently used in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer can be listed as follows:

cancer surgery,

Chemotherapy,

Radiotherapy,

Targeted therapies (such as Smart Medicine, Immunotherapy)

Among these treatments, cancer surgery is one of the most effective treatment methods for suitable patients. However, cancer surgery is not just about removing the cancerous cell. Your doctor may also use cancer surgery to make a diagnosis, decide on the stage of the cancer, the size of the tumor, and whether there is metastasis (spread).

What are the Methods Used in Cancer Surgery?

When cancer surgery is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind is the removal of cancerous tissue from its location by open surgery. In addition to the open surgery method, minimally invasive methods such as laparoscopic surgery and robotic surgery are also widely used today. The aim of all these methods is to remove the cancerous tissue and prevent the cancer from recurring. Which of these methods is appropriate is decided by looking at the size, location and stage of the tumor. If the conditions are suitable, the laparoscopic surgery method is preferred, but the main purpose of cancer surgery is to completely remove the cancerous tissue. If the stage of the disease or the size of the tumor does not make it possible to use the laparoscopic method, there is no harm in using the open surgery method.

In Which Cancer Types Can Cancer Surgery Be Applied?

Cancer surgery is used in many types of cancer, except for cancers related to blood diseases.

Cancers of the Digestive System: After diagnosis using various imaging methods in cancer types such as stomach, intestine, colon, small holes can be opened using laparoscopy surgery and cancerous tissue can be reached.

Breast Cancer: Cancer surgery is of great importance in the treatment of breast cancer. Depending on the stage of the disease, in some cases, the breast is completely removed, while sometimes it is sufficient to remove only the cancerous tissue.

Thyroid Cancer: With the operation, the entire thyroid gland is removed and the cancerous tissue is cleaned.

Reproductive System Cancers: As with all types of cancer, early diagnosis is very important in female reproductive system cancers. Although the treatment options vary according to the stage of the disease, it is an effective treatment method in cancer surgery, reproductive system cancers such as uterine, cervical and ovarian cancer.

Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors: Brain and spinal cord tumor surgeries are performed by an expert team with the help of advanced technology, by constantly controlling the nerves.

Prostate, Testicular, Kidney and Bladder Cancers: Thanks to advanced technology, our urology doctors, who are experts in their fields, can diagnose tumors in the reproductive system early, and intervene in cancerous tissue with the method of sparing organs and nerves.