Patient's question:
A colleague's aunt has been diagnosed with early-stage pelvic cancer. I don't know if it can be cured. Is surgery a good option? How should one take care after pelvic cancer surgery? How should one take care after pelvic cancer surgery?Doctor's answer:
Because the pelvic cavity involves multiple organs, it is incorrect to broadly refer to pelvic cancer. If it has metastasized to the pelvis, regardless of the type of cancer, the first choice is not surgical resection but rather initial adjuvant chemotherapy. Preoperative chemotherapy can effectively reduce cancer lesions and microscopic cancer cells, facilitating surgical procedures and prolonging disease-free survival post-surgery. Two to four cycles of chemotherapy are typically sufficient for surgical resection. Subsequently, consolidation chemotherapy should be continued to further extend the survival period of patients after treatment.