The oncology department at the Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital offers patients treatment for common cancers as well as rare ones. The oncology team works with other specialist departments (haematology, surgery, radiotherapy) to provide patients with the most comprehensive and effective treatment programmes. Thanks to the participation of doctors from different specialities, the patient receives individual treatment, taking into account all the characteristics of their body from different angles.
Foreign patients are most often referred to the Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital for treatment of breast, ovarian, stomach, lung and prostate cancer.
Cancer is treated here using minimally invasive surgical techniques. Endoscopic and robotic techniques are also available. This makes it possible to perform more precise surgical interventions – the margin of error with this approach is as little as 1 mm. For the patient, this means that healthy tissue will not be damaged and the recovery period will not be long.
The latest chemotherapy drugs, which have fewer side effects and are easier for patients to tolerate, are used in the treatment of cancer at the Hospital Pitié Salpêtrière. Doctors at the hospital also apply modern radiation therapy.
These include medical techniques such as brachytherapy and GammaKnife. In addition, French doctors have turned to intensity-modulated radiotherapy, a method of treatment in which beams of radiation are dosed to the mass. This minimises their effect on healthy cells.
