38-year-old woman with breast cancer gets new lease of life via breast cancer surgery at Fortis Mohali

Bureau Chief : Sanjeev Kumari.

Robotic surgery ensures reduced blood loss, minimal pain, less scarring and faster recovery; Breast-Sparing Surgery & Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy considered gold standard for breast cancer.

Kurukshetra, 23 January: The Department of Surgical Oncology, Fortis Hospital Mohali, has treated several patients suffering from complex cancers using the world’s most advanced 4th Generation Robot – Da Vinci Xi.
Dr Naval Bansal, Senior Consultant, Breast and Endocrine Cancer Surgery, Fortis Hospital, Mohali, has given a new lease of life to several such patients.
Dr Bansal has recently treated a 38-year-old woman, who had carcinoma in her left breast. The patient had a lump in her breast and approached
Dr Bansal at Fortis Mohali.
Preliminary examination revealed that she was suffering from early-stage breast cancer. Considering the patient’s age, the team of doctors led by Dr Bansal conducted the Breast-Sparing Surgery along with Probe-Guided Surgery for Axillary Nodes (Sentinel Lymph Lode Biopsy), which is considered as the gold standard for early breast cancer.
“The procedure involves injecting a radioisotope and dye. Then we look for sentinel node using advance gamma probe. Once the sentinel lymph node is traced, it is sent for testing to detect cancer cells,” said Dr Bansal.
The tissue samples resected during the breast conserving surgery were sent to the in-house frozen section at Fortis Hospital, Mohali.
Subsequent medical examination reports showed complete removal of the patient’s breast tumour and tumour-free sentinel nodes. The patient was discharged the next day without any drain pipe.
Discussing that Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy had transformed treatment of breast cancer surgery, Dr Bansal, said, “The medical procedure is often considered for women with early-stage breast cancer and helps detect the stage of cancer accurately. It is the most common and less invasive treatment method. The medical procedure helps prevent unnecessary removal of axillary lymph nodes and swelling of the arms.”