Cancer treatment
- Surgical therapy
- Oldest form of cancer treatment
- Meets a variety of goals
- Trend is toward less radical surgeries
- Role of surgery in cancer treatment
- Prevention
- Removal of non-vital organs to prevent cancer
- Diagnosis
- Biopsy
- Palliation of symptoms
- Relief of pain
- Obstruction
- Hemorrhage
- Rehabilitation
- Reconstructive surgery
- Determine the diagnostic and treatment plan
- Clinical staging
- Cure and/or control of cancer
- Removal of localized cancer tissue
- Primary site
- Site of metastasis
- Removal of localized cancer tissue
- Supportive care
- Insertion of therapeutic devices (e.g., feeding tubes, suprapubic catheter)
