Extending the Life Expectancy of Bone Cancer Patients

Kapanlagi.com - So far, many bone tumor cancer patients have not been saved due to inappropriate treatment methods. This is because many people choose amputation as the fastest healing method for bone cancer patients. But in reality, this will only cause suffering for the patients, as they have to lose body parts and often accelerate death.

Actually, there is a method called hemipelvic reconstruction that is now considered the most appropriate, even with the help of chemotherapy, it can extend life expectancy up to 95 percent. And of course, there have been patients with bone tumor cancer who have been saved by this hemipelvic reconstruction method.

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1. Bone Tumor Cancer Patients

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One of the bone tumor cancer patients who successfully used hemipelvic reconstruction method is Priyatni. He is a young person who has been suffering from bone tumor cancer for more than a year. Priyatni started experiencing bone tumor cancer in the base of his left thigh. And in a short time, the cancer cells have spread and eroded the upper part of his thigh bone.

When Priyatni underwent an X-ray test, it can be seen how the cancer cells have destroyed his thigh bone into fragments. This certainly causes a very painful sensation for Priyatni. Because, for bone cancer patients, this is something they commonly experience when cancer cells erode their bones into fragments.

In a short time, Priyatni's leg became shorter. This is because the cancer cells again destroyed the joint in the base of his thigh, causing a reduction in the bones in his body. Because Priyatni's condition was getting worse, he was finally transferred to Dharmais Cancer Hospital, Jakarta.

Dr. Nicolas Budhiparama jr, F.I.C.S., a bone surgeon who handled Priyatna, immediately decided to take the most appropriate steps as a rescue effort. He used the hemipelvis reconstruction method, which was one of the latest methods introduced in Indonesia at that time.

The hemipelvis reconstruction method is a combination of coordinated cancer treatment methods that can save the body parts that should be amputated, but with this method, amputation is not performed. Not only that, this hemipelvis reconstruction method can also provide healing and long life expectancy for patients.

In previous years, bone tumor cancer patients like Priyanti had to undergo amputation to stop the spread of cancer cells to other parts of the body. But that is not the right way out, and it can even accelerate the death of patients.

According to Dr. Nicolas, using the hemipelvis reconstruction method will provide a 95 percent chance of survival.

"With the hemipelvis reconstruction method, the possibility of survival can be increased, from five percent to 95 percent," he said.

2. Reasons for Hemipelvic Reconstruction

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Why can hemipelvic reconstruction methods save bone tumor cancer patients? This is because the treatment method uses a combination approach. Namely by providing chemotherapy (neo adjuvant therapy) and performing bone surgery to save parts of the body (imbsalvage). After that, reconstruction is done on that part.

This is an effective method because doctors will not perform surgery before undergoing chemotherapy. Because, before knowing the extent of cancer cell spread in the bone, amputation is a very dangerous thing. Because, blood vessels around cancer cells will swell. Of course, if we perform surgery, bleeding will occur, and that is very dangerous for the patient.

That is why, just amputating without knowing how far the cancer cells have spread will only accelerate death. When undergoing chemotherapy, the doctor will know how far the cancer cells have spread in the patient's body.

Dr. Nico also shared a story about how he performed surgery on Priyatni, a bone tumor cancer patient. He said,

"At that time, I only performed muscle surgery and removed the bone. Then, the next step is entering a very complicated and difficult stage, which is reconstruction."

In Priyatni's case, the bone affected by the cancer was amputated, then replaced with another part of the body and given a pen. Then it was reconstructed in such a way. Not only that, the bone bowl at the hip joint of Priyatni, which was already destroyed, was recreated by Dr. Nico with a new one. And the joint was replaced with a metal material that functions as a joint bone.

No matter how difficult and complicated the surgery that must be undergone by Priyatni or other bone tumor cancer patients, it must be handled by someone with special expertise. In order to provide healing for bone cancer patients, just like Priyatni.

(kpl/dhm)