Source: THE HINDU , CHENNAI EDITION, TUESDAY JULY 26, 2022 A 14-year-old boy and a 53-year-old man treated at Apollo Proton Cancer Centre A 14-year-old boy diagnosed with a tumour in the trachea and a 53-year-old man with dual cancer underwent robotic surgeries in a private hospital here. In the first case, the boy from Bangladesh presented with acute respiratory distress and was diagnosed with a tumour in the trachea, which is the windpipe. This was blocking the right side of the bronchus. He was operated in his country during which a small portion of the tumour was removed, Rakesh Jalali , medical director and lead, Neuro Oncology, Apollo Proton CancerCentre (APCC) , told reporters on Monday. At APCC, the thoracic cancer management team evaluated him and found a large tumour blocking the bronchus, and it was difficult to operate on, he said. The patient underwent robotic assisted tracheal resection and reconstruction along with mediastinal nodal dissection. There w...
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