Neoplasm removal
The removal of neoplasms is a massive surgical field comprising a wide range of operations. Basically, they are all about excising the tumour mass together with lymph dissection (removal of affected lymph nodes and blood vessels). The challenge of this area of surgery is that tumours can occur in many different places and vary in their degree of malignancy.
There are four types of surgery that can be performed when a tumour is detected:
- Radical (aimed at removing the tumour completely);
- Reconstructive (aimed at restoring normal organ function, sometimes without removing the entire tumour);
- Palliative (aimed at improving the patient’s quality of life, but with no hope of a complete cure);
- Diagnostic (carried out in order to clarify the diagnosis and nature of the tumour).
Treatment of tumour processes must often be comprehensive and cannot rely solely on surgery. Usually, chemotherapy and radiological treatments may also be necessary.
Treatment
- 1 Surgical methods
- 2 Radiation therapy
- 3 Chemotherapy, hormonal treatment
