癌症手術 Cancer Surgery

認識癌症手術

癌症手術(Cancer surgery)是常見治療癌症的方式。1
而時至今日,手術仍用以醫治多種癌症——透過外科手術,切除腫瘤及或周邊的組織,作診斷、得知癌症期數、治療或預防癌症之用。
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認識癌症手術的用途、種類、何時適用及副作用等,了解確診癌症後可能適合的治療。

癌症手術是甚麼?


癌症手術的用途
癌症手術的用途廣泛,如按照用法分類,可大致分為以下七種:2
- 診斷癌症
- 確認癌症分期(Cancer staging)及其擴散情況
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確認癌症分期
(Cancer staging)及其擴散情況 - 移除腫瘤
- 減積手術(Debulking)
- 緩和手術(Palliative surgery)
- 重建手術(Reconstruction surgery)
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重建手術
(Reconstruction surgery) - 預防手術

癌症手術的種類
一般來說,癌症手術傳統做法要在病人身體開一個大傷口,直接將腫瘤移除,以根治癌症,這對大部分病人而言都是一個大手術,需不少時間復原。3
隨着科技進步,醫學界一直嘗試找出新方法,減低癌症手術對病人的影響,故發展出各種微創手術(minimally invasive surgery)方式,例子如下:3
- 冷凍治療(Cryosurgery)
- 電刀(Electrosurgery)
- 雷射手術(Laser surgery)
- 莫氏手術(Mohs surgery)
- 腹腔鏡手術(Laparoscopic surgery)
- 胸腔鏡手術(Thoracoscopic surgery)

甚麼人適合癌症手術?


病人支援12

被診斷患上癌症後,患者或者作為照顧者都會感到彷徨無助,如面對治療費用(如腫瘤切除手術)、對家庭的負擔等一系列問題。
我們的合作夥伴或能幫助患者和照顧者獲得適切的協助。



確診癌症後,有甚麼可以問醫生?

以下是一些可能幫助癌症患者了解自己是否需要癌症手術,並與醫生討論治療方案的相關問題:
- 為什麼需要做手術?有其他治療可以替代嗎?
- 手術時間會很久嗎?
- 癌症手術有哪些潛在的風險和併發症?
- 癌症手術後會出現副作用嗎?如出現副作用,可以怎麼辦?
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