Best Surgical Oncologists in Ram Nagar, Visakhapatnam

Surgical oncologists are Onco surgeons who have received special training in procedures that are used to diagnose, stage (determining the stage of cancer), treat cancerous growths. To diagnose cancer, a surgical oncologist may perform a biopsy which is a procedure that involves removal of a piece of tissue from the part or organ of the body that is suspected to have cancer. The surgical oncologist will then send the biopsy sample to a laboratory to check for the presence of cancer. In cases where cancer has been diagnosed, a surgical oncologist may further perform a staging surgery to find out the size of the tumor, and the extent to which it has spread in the body. The type of surgical procedure to be used will depend largely on the size of cancer and the extent of it's spread. Laparoscopy, laser surgery, and cryosurgery are some of the minimally invasive procedures that are performed by surgical oncologists. Sometimes, a surgical oncologist may perform a preventive surgery that involves removal of a tissue or specific organs that are pre-cancerous. This minimizes that chances of development of cancer in the future.