Surgery

Question 1

Purpose of an excisional biopsy?

Answer 1

To establish tissue diagnosis and provide definitive treatment

Question 2

Surgery is often the treatment of choice for what kind of tumors?

Answer 2

Have a low growth fraction and therefore are slow growing and confined locally or regionally

Question 3

What is cytoreductive surgery?

Answer 3

Debunking surgery to improve other treatment modalities

Question 4

What is a cystectomy?

Answer 4

Removal of bladder

Question 5

What is an ileal conduit?

Answer 5

After cystectomy a surgeon uses part of the intestine to make a way of removal for urine using a stoma