The surgical team of the Gastrointestinal Cancers Program at the Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Center (SQCCCRC) managed to perform the first laparoscopic tumor resection in a complex area between the pancreas, duodenum, and bile duct successfully. This is another addition to the series of complex surgical services and advanced treatments provided by SQCCCRC to cancer patients in the Sultanate of Oman.
The Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Centre (SQCCCRC), represented by the Gastrointestinal Cancer Program, launched a new treatment service for patients with intractable abdominal cavity tumors represented by the use of the technique of “Pressured Laparoscopic Liquefied Chemotherapy (PIPAC) in the Sultanate of Oman.
The pancreas is a gland located behind the stomach and secretes hormones that help regulate sugar in the body and aid digestion through direct secretion into the blood or through the pancreatic duct directly connected to the duodenum.
TREATMENT PROGRAMS Gastrointestinal Cancers Program The Gastrointestinal Cancers Program at SQCCCRC provides comprehensive clinical care for patients who are diagnosed with or suspected of having any type of GI cancers, including: Colorectal (Colon, Rectal, Anal) Gastric and GE Junction Esophageal Liver and Bile Duct Pancreas Neuro Endocrine Tumors of G.I. Tract When patients visit the …
First laparoscopic esophageal cancer surgery in Oman The department of surgery at the Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Centre (SQCCCRC) has successfully performed a minimally invasive esophagectomy surgery for esophageal cancer, laparoscopically, for the first time in Sultanate of Oman. The operation was carried out by a medical team of surgeons headed by …
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