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Surgical Oncology in Hyderabad
Cancer surgery, explained for patients and families - by a surgical oncologist with 30+ years of experience.
Surgical oncology is the branch of surgery devoted to the operative treatment of cancer. It works hand-in-hand with medical oncology (chemotherapy, immunotherapy) and radiation oncology to give the best chance of cure.
Cancer surgery has changed dramatically in the last decade. Many gastrointestinal, colorectal and gynaecologic cancers can now be operated laparoscopically with the same long-term outcomes as open surgery and significantly faster recovery.
This pillar covers the early warning signs of common cancers, how cancer surgery decisions are made in a multidisciplinary tumour board, what minimally invasive cancer surgery looks like, and the realistic recovery and follow-up that follows.
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