Surgical Oncology

What Is Surgical Oncology ?
Surgical oncology is a field of medicine that uses surgery to treat cancer.
Its main goal is to find harmful tumors in your body and remove them.
Doctors who practice surgical oncology can also see if you have cancer or find out if the disease has spread to other parts of your body.

What Is Surgical Oncology?

  • Surgical oncology is a field of medicine that uses surgery to treat cancer.

  • Its main goal is to find harmful tumors in your body and remove them.

  • Doctors who practice surgical oncology can also see if you have cancer or find out if the disease has spread to other parts of your body.

What Do Surgical Oncologists Do?

  1. Oncologists are doctors who help to prevent and to treat cancer.

  2. They work with your primary care doctor to come up with a treatment plan for you.

  3. Surgical oncologists use surgery to improve your condition.

  4. Their main job is to remove tumors and nearby tissue that has cancer cells in it.

  5. They also do procedures called biopsies that tell if you have cancer and how severe it is.

When Do You Need Surgical Oncology?

  1. Surgical oncology can help people during the early stages of cancer or when the condition is more advanced.
    Some common reasons you might need this type of intervention are :

  2. To prevent cancer.

  3. If you have a high risk of getting the disease in a certain part of your body, a surgical oncologist can do an operation to prevent it.

  4. They remove tissue in the area that’s precancerous or likely to become cancer.

  5. For example, some women who have a very strong family history of breast or ovarian cancer and mutations in genes that are linked with the disease may work with a surgical oncologist to remove their breasts before cancer appears.

Types of Cancer :

2- Esophageal tumors

4- Skin tumors

5- Lung tumors

6- Kidney tumors

7- Liver tumors

8- Pancreatic tumors

Dr. Ayman Abdel Hameed :

  1. The official page: Prof. Dr. Ayman Abdel Hameed, consultant and teacher of oncology surgeries and limited surgical intervention.

  2. Doctorate in Oncology Surgery at the National Cancer Institute, Cairo University.

  3. Master of Surgery oncology at the National Cancer Institute, Cairo University.

  4. Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kasr Al-Ainy, Cairo University, 2010, with distinction and honors.

  5. More than 14 years of practical experience in surgery, oncology, and limited surgical intervention using surgical laparoscopes and surgical robots.

  6. Book now : 01557112376