Ranging from colon, ovaries, liver and rectum, both the Elderly patients were successfully treated; FCI boasts of most advanced Robotic Surgery, Tumour Board, Elekta Versa HD, HIPEC, 3 Tesla Digital MRI, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy, Stereotactic Radiation Therapy
Shimla, March 15, 2024
The Department of Onco-Surgery, Fortis Cancer Institute at Mohali has revolutionized cancer treatment wherein several patients have been successfully treated through cutting-edge technology.
In the first case, the team of doctors led by Dr Jitender Rohila, Consultant, Surgical Oncology and Robot-aided surgery, Fortis Hospital Mohali, recently treated an 80-year-old woman suffering from locally advanced colon cancer (large intestine) through Radical Colon Cancer Surgery. Colon cancer is a cancer of the gastrointestinal tract that originates in the large intestine – right colon, transverse colon and left-sided colon.
The Patient had been experiencing generalized weakness, anaemia, weight loss, difficulty in passing stool along with abdominal distension and had blood in stool for the past six months. Unable to get relief, she approached Dr Rohila at Fortis Mohali where the PET CT scan showed a large mass arising from the right side of the colon involving the small intestine (duodenum D2-D3 junction), suggestive of locally advanced (T4) colon cancer, while the colonoscopic biopsy was suggestive of adenocarcinoma.
Adenocarcinoma is a form of cancer that originates in the mucous glands inside of organs like the lungs, colon, or even breasts.
The Patient underwent Radical Colectomy (surgical procedure to remove a part or entire colon). Further, following discussions with the Tumour Board, Dr Rohila conducted Right Extended Hemicolectomy (remove right side of the colon), excision of a part of the small intestine, and removed a part of the Right Kidney Capsule.
Discussing the case, Dr Rohila, said, “Radical Colectomy has been established as the gold standard surgical treatment for colon cancers (large intestine). It was a complex surgery which included resection of the right-side colon and small bowel along with a part of the right kidney. The surgery lasted for six hours and the Patient was discharged after 14 days. The final pathology revealed complete removal of the tumour with negative margins. She has recovered fully and is disease free now.”
In another case, Dr Ketan Dang, Consultant, Medical Oncology, Fortis Mohali, has successfully treated a 69-year-old woman suffering from cancers of the ovary and rectum along with metastasis of liver (cancer spreads to the liver from somewhere else in the body). The Patient had been experiencing pain in the abdomen and bleeding from the anus for some time. She was referred with abnormal growth to Fortis Mohali where Dr Dang examined her. Medical investigations revealed that she had cancers of the ovary and rectum along with metastasis of liver (Stage 4). Further investigations showed that the metastasis was from the rectum and liver, while the cancer in the ovary had not metastasized.
The Patient underwent Chemotherapy along with Targeted Therapy, specially designed to target proteins that control how cancer cells grow, divide and spread. She had no side effects and the PET CT showed that the tumour had disappeared. The Patient underwent surgery thereafter and subsequent results showed that the tumour had been removed completely from the rectum, ovary and liver.
Giving details about the case, Dr Dang, said, “Targeted Therapy helps reduce blood supply to the tumour, thereby shrinking it. Chemotherapy also yielded better results due to the targeted therapy. The Patient is doing well and has resumed her daily routine. Targeted Therapy has revolutionized cancer treatment.”