Delhi docs remove 19.9 kg tumour from woman suffering from colon cancer

Doctors at the All India Medical Sciences AIIMS Delhi have successfully treated a colon cancer patient by removing a whopping 199 kg tumour from a 43yearold giving her a new lease of lifeMunmun hailing from Durgapur West Bengal came to the hospital in July 2024 with abdominal distension a largerthannormal belly She had a history of unilateral salpingooophorectomy the surgical removal of one ovary and one fallopian tube on one side of the body 25 years agoMunmun was diagnosed with Stage4 colon cancer featuring pelvic predominanceShe had visited multiple hospitals and undergone several cycles of chemotherapy Despite that there was no improvement and the disease kept progressing With the tumour spreading to multiple abdominal organs she was given only 34 months to surviveldquoA team of doctors led by Prof MD Ray a surgical oncologist at AIIMS Delhi performed successful cytoreductive surgery on January 12 achieving complete resection and removing 199 kg of tumour burden with multiorgan resections completing surgery plus HIPEC on January 15 to complete the oncosurgical management The patient was shifted from the ICU to the ward and later discharged She is doing fine expectedlyrdquo the apex institute said in a statementSpeaking to reporters Ray noted the disease was considered inoperable based on CT and PETCT scansThe scans showed a massive abdominal tumor with no separately identifiable organs The entire abdomen was occupied by a tumour massAs the patient was unlikely to tolerate the massive procedure in a single surgery he decided to do the surgery in two stagesldquoIn the first stage I removed the bulk of the tumour We performed extensive resection removing ascending colon part of ileum twothirds of transverse colon sigmoid colon omentum uterus and bilateral fallopian tubes parts of liver and liver capsule and peritoneumrdquo the doctor saidldquoMajor vessels such as the IVC were at risk due to inflammation and infiltration making surgery extremely challengingrdquo he said adding that during this stage the patient became hemodynamically unstable due to blood loss and other complicationsAfter a gap of two days the second stage of the surgery was performed where HIPEC was administered to the patientWhile chemotherapy is usually given intravenously in the Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy the heated chemotherapy 41ndash43 degrees Celsius is delivered directly into the abdominal cavity after complete tumour removalldquoOnce we were satisfied that all visible tumours were removed HIPEC was administered for one and a half hours to eliminate microscopic disease that cannot be seen with the naked eyerdquo Ray saidldquoPostoperatively the abdomen appeared completely free of visible tumor The liver and intestines were clearly visible and uninvolvedrdquo he addedldquoThe patient was kept in the ICU postoperatively On the first postoperative day she was already smiling and laughing She was discharged on the fifth postoperative day The first surgery was done on January 12th the second on January 15th and she was discharged on January 20thrdquo the doctor saidRay explained that colon cancer once considered a terminal disease is still curable in some casesldquoMetastatic colon cancer should not be declared untreatable without evaluation at a highvolume center with expert surgeonsrdquo he saidColon cancer is the third most common cancer in women and the sixth most common cancer in men in India Major risk factors include tobacco and alcohol lifestyle factors obesity sedentary habits poor diet and chronic stressThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever