Patient's question:
I have been experiencing lower abdominal pain recently and went to the hospital for a check-up. The result said it was pelvic cancer. The doctor recommended surgery. Could you please tell me what are the current surgical methods for pelvic cancer?Doctor's answer:
Currently, there are two surgical methods for treating pelvic cancer: traditional surgery and minimally invasive surgery. Due to the high surgical risk, pelvic cancer resection has not been performed. The surgery can only remove visible lesions. Cancer is a systemic disease, but residual cancer or regional lymph nodes may still remain. Since the surgery damages the body's vital energy, the chances of recurrence and metastasis are very high. Therefore, the current treatment for pelvic cancer still relies on traditional surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, supplemented by biological immunotherapy for tumors. This helps enhance the patient's biological immune system, effectively clearing any residual cancerous lesions that may remain in the patient's body after surgery.