Accuracy and schedule
The correct technique matters: the capsule should be placed subcutaneously (not intradermally or into the muscle), the applicator requires confident skill - independent and “home” injections are often traumatic. The clinic provides pain relief (anesthetic cream), asepsis, calendar marking and reminder of the next date; in case of a flash effect of the first injection for prostate cancer, the oncologist prescribes coverage with antiandrogens. Efficacy monitoring (PSA/markers, imaging) - according to the plan of the treating oncologist.
Indications
- verification of any removed tissues and biopsies is a mandatory standard;
- urgent intraoperative diagnostics - decision of the volume on the table;
- hormone therapy for prostate and breast cancer with LHRH analogues (Zoladex);
- review of finished glasses - a second opinion of a morphologist.
Morphology is the foundation of oncology
Not a single oncological diagnosis exists without morphological confirmation: histology determines the type of tumor, degree of malignancy, resection margins, node involvement, and IHC determines the receptor profile, on which the choice of therapy depends. Urgent intraoperative examination allows the surgeon to change the volume based on the fact (cleanliness of the edges, nature of the finding). Depot hormone therapy (Zoladex) is a minute-long outpatient procedure, critically performed just in time - the clinic keeps a calendar and reminds.
