Wockhardt Hospitals partners with Specialty Surgical Oncology

Wockhardt Hospitals, Mumbai Central in association with Specialty Surgical Oncology, Mumbai has launched a Cancer Care Centre. The institute aims at giving quality and preventive treatment at the hospital. The organ-specific approach is a way forward to complex decision-making and executing every challenging surgery with a higher level of safety and efficiency.

Speaking about the launch, Dr Sanket Mehta, Consultant Onco- Surgeon, Specialty Surgical Oncology, Mumbai says, “Cancer is the most challenging medical condition to treat. With increasing complexity in cancer care, and with vastly improved ability and facility to deal with challenging surgical situations, the evolution of surgeons into specific cancer specialties is a progress to our patients. With newer surgical techniques like minimally invasive surgery and robotic surgery which are replacing traditional methods, newer decision-making paradigms are evolving, and there is a significant amount of collaboration required between the surgeon and other cross-specialties. Keeping this in mind, Specialty Surgical Oncology (SSO) is a group of highly trained team of cancer surgeons who have sharpened their skills to exclusively treat organ specific cancer.”

Dr Parag Rindani, CEO of Maharashtra, Wockhardt Hospitals says, “We are proud about giving revolutionised cancer care treatment in collaboration with Specialty Surgical Oncology (SSO) to our society. Cancer treatment is a complex process – perhaps the most complex of all diseases. A lot of variables must be taken into consideration before a treatment plan is finalized and executed. Some type of cancer, the affected organ, severity of the disease, health of the affected organ, stage of the disease, status of the metastatic disease, age of the patient, physical health of the patient, other comorbidities, compliance, affordability, the role of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, etc. their testimony to the outcomes. This organ-specific cancer treatment will be done by a team of multi-disciplinary passionate doctors to give highest standard of care giving you the best possible opportunity of reclaiming your health.”