1. CANCER SURGERY
GROUP Nº 8
TEACHER: Dra. ROSA GONZÁLES LLONTOP
MEMBERS: ARBOLEDA DÍAZ OSCAR ENRIQUE
BECERRA SILVA FRANK YOWERI
CARRASCO HERRERA DENNIS
MENDOZA HERNANDEZ ALEX
PISCOYA TENORIO JORGE LUIS
TINEO TINEO DENNY

2. • especialidad médica que estudia y trata
ONCOLOGY las neoplasias; tumores benignos y
malignos, pero con especial atención a
los malignos, esto es, al cáncer.
• Surgery may be used to diagnose,
treat, or even help prevent cancer in
SURGERY some cases.

3. BASIC SURGICAL PRINCIPLES OF
ONCOLOGIC SURGERY:
Local excision of the tumor.
Removal of regional lymph nodes.
Management of local and regional rerrence
Possibility of sugical resection of distant metastases

4. THE SURGERY
Is the technique used to remove cancerous
growths.
Surgical removal of a tumor may be
enough to save the patient.
The probability of a
location
surgical cure Depends of:
stage of disease
development and:
size

5. HOW IS CANCER
SURGERY TRADITIONALLY?
The surgeon usually done through an incision in the body
and removing the cancer along with some surrounding
healthy tissue
For example:
breast cancer  mastectomy / lumpectomy
Lung cancer  lobectomy / neumonectomy
The surgeon may also remove some lymph nodes in the
area to determine if the cancer has spread.

6. This is to ensure
that all detectable
cancer cells have
been removed
PATHOLOGIST
For cancer
cells, more
POST- SURGERY tissue is removed
For signs of tumor
MICROSCOPES
cells

7. RISKS OF
CANCER
SURGERY
Disposal of
a tumor growth may
encourage many
more
Surgery is usually used
in combination with
radiotherapy and / or
The combination of chemotherapy
treatments depends on
the type, location, and
size of the tumor.