Surgical oncology plays a role in diagnosing the disease and removing cancerous tissue. It includes many surgical disciplines. There is a misconception that biopsy and surgery cause the spread of cancer, but biopsy is very important for the definitive diagnosis of cancer. Examination by taking a tissue sample from the tumor is important in detecting the presence and type of cancer. This does not cause the disease to spread or worsen.
Oncology of General Surgery
Surgeries are performed for breast and thyroid cancers, liver tumors, gallbladder and bile duct cancers, pancreas and main region tumors, stomach, large intestine and rectum cancers and esophagus tumors.
Brain and Spinal Oncology Surgery
Surgical interventions are performed using microsurgery and endoscopic techniques for skull base tumors, especially childhood brain and nerve tumors and pituitary tumors. In the surgery of tumors located in the sensitive area of the brain, neuromonitoring technology is used against the risk of paralysis that may occur after surgery.
Thoracic Oncology Surgery
Palliative methods are performed in lung and pleural cancers, chest wall tumors, respiratory tract and mediastinal tumors, advanced stage cancers of the lung and other organs, and interventional procedures and stent applications are performed in lung and respiratory tract tumors.
Gynecological Oncology
Also called women’s cancers; Surgeries are performed for uterine, cervical, ovarian, tube, vulva and endometrial cancers.
Urology Oncology
Laparoscopic and robotic surgery of prostate cancer with nerve-sparing methods, closed surgery of bladder tumor surgery and neobladder reconstruction, kidney tumor surgeries and kidney-sparing methods, surgeries of adrenal gland cancers and testicular tumors are performed.
Head and Neck Oncology Surgery
Larynx, pharynx, paranasal sinus and nasal cavity tumors, tonsil and salivary gland cancers; Surgical treatment is performed for tumors located in the oral cavity, floor of the mouth, tongue, uppermost part of the throat, the area connecting the rest to the throat, the lower part of the throat and the area below it, the auricle and the external auditory canal.
Orthopedic Oncology Surgery
Surgeries are performed for tumors arising from the bone itself, bone metastases of other organ tumors, malignant tumors of the tissues that make up the skeletal system, soft tissue tumors including muscle, fat tissue, connective tissue, vessels and nerves, and all skeletal system tumors in childhood and adulthood.
