Surgical Oncology
Surgical oncology is a field of medicine that uses surgery to treat cancer. Its main goal is to find and remove harmful tumors from your body. Surgical oncology deals with the use of surgical techniques to treat all forms of cancer.
Surgical oncology involves the following functions:
- Diagnosis of cancer and determining its stage by taking a biopsy or other methods.
- Surgically removing the tumors or a part of it
- Sexually transmitted diseases, such as genital herpes or HIV
- Surgically remove the tumors along with other affected body parts.
- Reconstruct parts that are affected by the surgical treatment.
Some cancers that are commonly treated with surgical oncology include:
- Anal cancer
- Appendiceal cancer
- Bile duct cancer
- Breast cancer
- Carcinoid/Neuroendocrine tumour
- Colon and rectal cancer
- Gallbladder cancer
- Hepatocellular cancer
- Liver cancer
- Melanoma
- Pancreatic cancer
- Peritoneal surface malignancies
- Sarcoma
- Stomach cancer