Surgical Treatment
Surgical treatment for breast cancerBreast cancer is always treated by surgery combined with external radiotherapy and cancer chemotherapy as required. Breast-conserving surgery is also possible in some cases. Breast cancer procedures also include sentinel node dissection, i.e. the removal of the so-called sentinel lymph node to assess the status of axillary lymph nodes located in the armpit. If an ultrasound examination or needle biopsy shows that the cancer has spread to the axillary lymph nodes, all axillary lymph nodes are removed during the operation. All high-quality treatment units must be able to use this so-called sentinel technique. Leading units have also adopted the use of laparoscopic surgery instead of open surgery to speed up the patient’s recovery. In oncoplastic breast cancer surgery, cancer removal is combined with breast reconstruction. Both are performed during the same operation. This type of surgery is performed by leading plastic surgeons specialising in cancer surgery, or by cancer surgeons specialising in plastic surgery. |
Surgical treatment for prostate cancerIn recent years, surgical treatment for prostate cancer has become less and less invasive along with the introduction of minimally invasive laparoscopic techniques. Recently, robotic surgery in particular has rapidly gained popularity in both the USA and Europe. Robotic surgery involves less bleeding and allows precise suturing, a speedy recovery, a short hospital stay and a shorter sickness leave.High-risk prostate cancer is increasingly treated by a combination of methods, planned and carried out by specialist surgeons and experts in nuclear medicine. Rapid technical development has made radiotherapy a good option, sometimes even the treatment of choice, for localised or locally advanced prostate cancer. Other urological cancers such as kidney (renal) cancer and bladder cancer are primarily treated by surgery. Martti Ala-Opas, Chief Urologist at Docrates Hospital, performs surgery for removal of prostate cancer, renal cancer and bladder cancer. Docrates Hospital provides surgical treatment in collaboration with a network of specialised clinics, which include Eira Hospital, Laser Tilkka and Klinikka 22. |
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