Surgical Oncology

Surgical oncology is the field of cancer care that focuses on surgery to diagnose, stage and treat cancer. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment in the management of solid tumours. However significant advances have been made in the fields of Radiation and Medical Oncology. A Surgeon involved in cancer treatment has to understand the natural history and biology of cancer and must be aware of the role played by Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy.

Surgery is useful for:

• .Diagnosis (biopsy)
• .Staging Surgery - Determine the location of the cancer and whether it has spread to other organs of the cancer
• .Preventive Surgery - Removal of a body tissue before it becomes cancerous
• .Curative Surgery/Debulking - Removal of the cancerous part
• .Palliative Surgery - Relieving symptoms
• .Supportive Surgery - Chemoport installation

The division of Surgical Oncology specializes in the treatment of

• .Breast Cancer
• 1. Modified Radical Mastectomy
• 2. Oncoplastic Breast Surgery (Breast Conservation)
• 3. Breast reconstruction
• .Gastrointestinal cancer
• .Oesophagus - Transthoracic and Transhiatal Esophagectomy
• 1. Stomach - Radical Total/Subtotal Gastrectomy
• 2. Colon - Hemi/Total colectomy
• 3. Rectum
• 1. Low/Ultralow Anterior resection (Sphincter Preservation surgery)
• 2. Abdominoperineal resection
• 3.Pancreas- Whipples procedure
• .Head and Neck cancer
• 1. Oral cavity - Composite Resection and Reconstruction
• 2. Larynx - Laryngectomy
• 3. Thyroid- Hemi/Total thyroidectomy
• 4. Parotid
• 1. Superficial/Total parotidectomy
• 2. Facial Nerve Reanimation
• .Gynecologic cancer
• 1. Uterus- Total Abdominal Hysterectomy and Pelvic/Paraaortic Lymph Node Dissection (Endometrial Staging surgery)
• 2. Ovary- Cytoreductive surgery
• 3. Cervix - Radical hysterectomy
• .Urologic cancer
• 1. Kidney - Partial/ Radical Nephrectomy
• 2. Bladder - Cystectomy
• 3. Penis - Penectomy
• 4. Testis - High Inguinal Orchiectomy +/- Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection
• .Skin cancer
• .Sarcomas - Limb-sparing surgery