Oncology: an important point on the map of Warsaw

The Oncologic Surgery Subdivision is a response to public demand resulting from the ever-increasing number of cancer cases. Prof. Zoran Stojcev, an oncologic surgeon with more than 35 years of clinical experience, who has performed several thousand oncologic surgeries, began working at the facility.

Successful treatment of patients depends on early and accurate diagnosis of cancer as well as prompt implementation of appropriate treatment as part of comprehensive oncological care, says Associate Professor Zoran Stojčev, MD, head of the Oncological Surgery sub-department and head of the Department of Oncological Surgery at Lazarski University's Czerniakowski Hospital. Despite the development of non-invasive therapeutic techniques, surgery remains one of the most important methods of treating the vast majority of cancers, often providing a chance for a cure, Prof. Stojčev adds.

The hospital has established cooperation with the Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Institute of Oncology National Research Institute, including the Breast Cancer Unit and Colorectal Cancer Unit. Doctors from both institutions will sit in joint oncology consiliums, during which the best therapeutic path for the patient will be determined.

Within the Oncological Surgery subdivision of Czerniakow Hospital, the following can be carried out: breast cancer operations including oncoplasty, thyroid resections, operations on gastrointestinal cancers (esophagus, stomach, pancreas, liver, colon), which can be performed by classical or laparoscopic methods, operations on skin cancers.

Pawel Obermeyer, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Czerniakow Hospital, emphasizes: A cancer patient should be treated in centers with the possibility of comprehensive oncological care. Such care for our patients will be provided by cooperation with the National Institute of Oncology PIB. Thus, an oncology patient operated on at our facility, depending on medical indications, can receive chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy at the Institute of Oncology. Currently, the Oncology Surgery Subdivision has 12 beds, but the needs are much greater, and we will take this into account in the further development of our hospital. Obermeyer adds.

On October 12 this year, the first oncology surgeries will take place at the newly established unit of Czerniakowski Hospital. Prof. Sojcev will perform on that day: bilateral mastectomy with simultaneous breast reconstruction, gastric cancer surgery and thyroid cancer surgery.

Czerniakowski Hospital is an important point on the map of Warsaw, and launching the possibility of surgical treatment of cancer, and ensuring, in cooperation with the NIO, the comprehensiveness of treatment and coordination of services provided, will undoubtedly bring great benefits to oncology patients.

The hospital has a registered Outpatient Clinic for Oncological Surgery, where patients can have pre- and post-operative care. Currently, the facility has applied to the MOW NFZ for contracting services within the framework of the aforementioned outpatient clinic. Until then, patients will be admitted under the General Surgery Clinic.

The establishment of the Oncological Surgery subdivision is perfectly in line with the activities of the City of Warsaw in the area of oncology. On October 5 this year. The Council of the City of Warsaw adopted a Position Paper on Breast Cancer Awareness Month, in which it expresses its full support for all initiatives taken for the prevention and treatment of breast cancer. The Council also encourages the Mayor of the City of Warsaw to take further educational, preventive and supportive measures for women with breast cancer.

Source: millet information