Katra doc performs rare cancer surgery on 50-year-old woman

Tribune News Service

Jammu, November 27

The Department of Surgical Oncology at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Katra, performed an advanced cancer surgery in gynae-oncology on a 50-year-old woman.

According to a handout issued by the hospital, the 50-year-old patient from Reasi district was suffering from ovary cancer (stage 3) and a surgery was performed by consultant oncologist Sandeep Kaul.

The oncologist said, “A radical surgery with complete removal of uterus, ovaries, lymphnodes, omentum and total peritonectomy was performed, which lasted for more than 12 hours. Subsequently, heated chemotherapy was infused through a special machine into the abdominal cavity for a period of 60 minutes. Heated chemotherapy selectively kills cancer cells.”