The Gynaecological Tumour Committee is made up of a multidisciplinary team of professionals in: pathological anatomy, molecular biology, general and digestive surgery, nursing, physiotherapy, gynaecology, haematology, medical oncology, radiation oncology, otorhinolaryngology, psychology, radiodiagnosis, urology, and home hospitalisation.
The treatment of a tumour will depend on its typology, extension, and evolution. Depending on each case, there are therapeutic options available for surgery, external or internal radiotherapy (brachytherapy), or systemic treatments (chemotherapy, hormone therapy, drugs against molecular targets, etc.), and/or combinations of these.
Gynaecological tumours
The gynaecological tumours committee deals with cancers related to the speciality of gynaecology.
It originates as a result of the malignant transformation of the cells lining the female reproductive tract (ovary and tubes).
Uterine cancer can develop from changes in endometrial cells.
When the tumour cells are located in the vagina, this is known as vaginal cancer.
Services included in this committee
The Tumour Committees are regulated under established protocols and are made up of a multidisciplinary team of expert doctors from the main specialities depending on the type of tumour. The IVO’s gynaecological tumour committee is made up of multidisciplinary medical teams from the following specialities:
