Cancer surgery

Question 1

for which cancers is staging done after surgery?

Answer 1

ovarian and renal cancer.

Question 2

define “salvage” chemotherapy.

Answer 2

-give chemo when the cancer recurs.

Question 3

what is an “indications conference”?

Answer 3

-surgeons talk about patients who are going to get surgery, make sure that they are qualified and not too high-risk

Question 4

surgical principles -4

Answer 4

• think fast, move slow
• think ahead
• avoid wasted motion
• use 2 hands while operating and think in 3 dimensions.

Question 5

T/F: Mortality and morbidity are determined by the taking out of the cancer/ control…
while functional outcomes/ quality of life is determined by the quality of reconstruction

Answer 5

true