Pain And Palliative Care
Pain And Palliative Care
Cancer and its treatment often cause side effects. Relieving a person’s symptoms and side effects is an important part of cancer care. This approach is called symptom management, supportive care, or palliative care. Palliative care is any treatment that focuses on reducing symptoms, improving quality of life, and supporting patients and their families. Any person, regardless of age or type and stage of cancer, may receive palliative care.
Pain troubles over half of patients with advanced cancer. Approximately 30% of patients with advanced cancer will not get severe pain, 80% of those who do can achieve good pain relief by the systematic use of oral analgesia, appropriate adjuvant therapies and multi-faceted supportive strategies.
Our specialist is one of the very few ‘Spine & Pain Specialists’ in India, who is specially trained and thoroughly experienced to treat pain and has been helping hundreds of patients to live a pain free life for the past many years. Comprehensive pain assessment and management are foundational goals within the scope of palliative care at OncoVille Cancer Hospital. Palliative care and pain management often includes medication, nutritional support, relaxation techniques, spiritual support, emotional support, and other therapies.
Frequently asked questions
Surgical oncology is a branch of medicine that treats cancer through surgery. Its primary goal is to locate the harmful tumours in your body and remove them. Surgical Oncology specialists can also check if you have cancer or find out if it has spread to other areas or organs of your body.
Oncologists are doctors who specialize in cancer research, prevention, and treatment. They collaborate with your primary care physician to develop a treatment plan for you. Surgical oncologists use surgery to treat your cancer. Their primary work is to remove tumors and their nearby tissue that has cancerous cells in it. They also do procedures known as biopsies that tell if you have cancer and how severe it is.
Cancer Therapy India has the best surgical oncologist in Bangalore, experienced in treating any kind of cancer. For cancer treatment in India consult the best cancer hospital near you.
Surgical Oncology is a branch of surgery applied to oncology. It focuses on the surgical management of cancerous tumors.
The most common procedures done by surgical oncologists are biopsies and surgery for the removal of cancerous growth. They also perform surgery to stage cancer and determine the extent to which it has spread. In some cases, surgical oncologists may also perform preventive surgery.
If you have a growth or tumor, you should see a surgical oncologist. If your primary care physician suspects you have cancer, he or she may refer you to a surgical oncologist for a biopsy. If you have already been diagnosed with cancer, then your doctor may refer you to a surgical oncologist as part of your cancer treatment
Surgery removes the cancer growth and a part of the normal tissue around it if the cancer is contained in a specific area. On doing a biopsy, they remove a portion of a tumor but not the entire tumor. When it is difficult to remove an entire tumor then debulking may be performed. It increases the chances of killing the tumor cells through chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
A medical oncologist treats cancer with the help of chemotherapy or other medications, like targeted therapy or immunotherapy. A surgical oncologist removes the tumor and nearby tissue using surgery. The surgical oncologist also conducts certain types of biopsies tests to help diagnose cancer.
It can take 2 - 8 weeks to recover from surgery. Your incisions (Cuts) may be sore for about 5 days following surgery.
Surgery is not right for every type of cancer, but it is an effective treatment option for several types. Your Oncologist might suggest surgical oncology if you have cancer cells in your:
• Breast
• Esophagus
• Throat
• Thyroid
• Skin
• Lung
• Gallbladder
• Kidney
• Liver
• Pancreas
• Spine
• Uterus
• Bones
• Colon
Cancer therapy India is one of the best cancer hospitals in Bangalore, having a team of the best onco surgeon in Bangalore who works together in areas of expertise to provide the highest level of patient care.