Cancer Surgery

Understanding Cancer Surgery

Reasons To Have Surgery:

Cancer surgery involves removing tumors and nearby tissue during an operation. Surgery is the oldest and is widely known as the most effective treatment for many types of cancer today.

Cancer surgery can help:

To diagnose cancer
To remove all or some of a cancer
To locate where the cancer is
To find out if the cancer has spread or is affecting the functions of other organs in the body
To relieve side effects

Keyhole Surgery for Cancer

Here at KYM Surgery, most of our surgical treatments for cancer are minimally invasive, or often known as laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery. Many studies have shown that laparoscopic surgery is a safe and effective way of cancer surgery. Through small incisions, the “keyholes” allows Dr Kan to insert a tiny camera and small surgical instruments to perform the operation. This allows Dr Kan to see the tumour and the surrounding tissue, and a special device that can take a sample (biopsy) or cut out the cancer. Recovery times are usually shorter than for surgery that requires large cuts, and there is often less pain. Laparoscopic surgery also reduces the chances of complications and is now considered the new standard for many cancer surgery.

After your cancer treatment, continued surveillance, care, and follow up is still crucial, it’s therefore important that we schedule follow-up sessions through the years to review!

Types of Cancer Surgery

Curative Surgery

Diagnostic

Staging

Tumor Removal/Debulking

Palliative Surgery