Cancer Surgery

About this service

St. Vincent’s Private Hospital offers four state of the art theatres and a seven bedded post-anaesthesia care unit (PACU). We also offer a fully equipped day surgery unit, providing a broad spectrum of services including chronic pain management.

Our team of highly skilled surgeons use surgery to diagnose, stage and treat cancer, and certain cancer-related symptoms. Whether a patient is a candidate for surgery depends on factors such as the type, size, location, grade and stage of the tumour, as well as general health factors such as age, physical fitness and whether the patient has other illness or conditions.

Surgery may also be an option to repair damage to skin, bones and other tissue caused by cancer or by cancer treatment. Surgery may also be a palliative treatment to remove obstructions in the lungs or throat or remove tumours that are causing pain.

For many of our patients, surgery will be combined with other cancer treatments such as chemotherapy, radiation therapy or immunotherapy. These may be administered before surgery or after surgery to help prevent cancer growth, spread or recurrence.

Treatment with surgery may cause certain side effects, including:

• Infection
• Swelling
• Fatique
• Pain
• Lymphodema
• Nausea

Types of cancer services offered