Surgery for digestive cancers (stomach, colon, rectum, liver)

Surgery plays a central role in the treatment of digestive cancers: stomach, colon, rectum, liver, pancreas. It consists of removing the tumour with safety margins, together with the draining lymph nodes, following precise oncological rules that determine the quality of the treatment. Each case is discussed at a multidisciplinary team meeting bringing together surgeons, oncologists, radiologists and other specialists, in order to define the best strategy: surgery straight away or after preparatory treatment, conventional or minimally invasive approach. Digestive continuity is restored whenever possible during the same operation. At Clinique Pasteur Tunis, digestive cancer surgery relies on comprehensive technical facilities — imaging, endoscopy, fully equipped operating theatres, intensive care — and on frozen-section analyses available during the procedure. Pathological analysis of the surgical specimen is carried out and guides the next stage of treatment, within a coordinated pathway attentive to the patient and their family.