Nursing & Health Survival Guide: Cancer Care by Peate Ian

Author:Peate, Ian
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-317-90508-0
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

SURGERY

Surgery is used for the diagnosis and staging of most cancers. It is also considered for reconstruction (in breast cancer) and prophylactically. As a primary treatment for cancer, the objective is to eradicate the whole tumour, a clear margin of unaffected surrounding tissue and if lymph nodes are suspicious these are also removed. On occasion surgical intervention results in injury to the body and the formation of new structures to take over the function of structures lost during surgery; for example, in the removal of the distal sigmoid colon and rectum, an alternative means of providing elimination is required, the remaining segment of healthy colon is brought out through a created opening, a stoma on to the abdominal wall resulting in a permanent colostomy.

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