Surgeon’s new era for cancer patients
WOMEN in need of gynaecological cancer surgery can now stay in Cairns for the procedure.
Operating out of Cairns Private Hospital, Gold Coast specialist surgeon Dr Helen Green will fly to the Far North each month for the region’s first regular gynaecology cancer service.
She successfully completed surgery on her first Cairns patients this week.
The breakthrough service has come about through a long professional relationship between Dr Green and Cairns gynaecologist Dr Liz Jackson.
When Dr Green is not in Cairns, her patients will be cared for by local gynaecologists Dr Jackson and Dr Anusha Lazzari.
“All the patients have been extremely appreciative of having surgery closer to home. Surgery was the only thing missing from gynaecological cancer services in Cairns. Patients can have chemotherapy and radiation locally, now being able to have surgical procedures locally completes the picture,” she said.
Endometrial cancer was the most common cancer requiring surgery but Dr Green can also perform surgery for uterine or ovarian cancer patients using minimally invasive techniques including robotic surgery.
Prior to Dr Green coming to Cairns, most gynaecology cancer patients had to go to Brisbane or the Gold Coast