Radical surgery intended to cure cancer tends to cause some damage to the operated organ and the subsequent quality of life of the patient. It is now a worldwide trend…
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Cancer
Organ and function preservation In cancer of head and neck
by adminwritten by Dr. Mandar DeshpandeThe treatment of cancer of head and neck involves organs that perform important functions like speech, swallowing, deglutition and cosmesis. Types of cancer where function preservation has made a major…
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Cancer
Present and future of cancer treatment organ and function preservation
by adminwritten by Dr. Rajesh MistrySurgery for solid organ cancer is often mutilating and can considerably compromise function and body image. It is, therefore, not surprising that patients agree for surgery very reluctantly. However, based…