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Navigating MyCare
for colorectal cancer surgery

Learn more about your colorectal cancer journey. 

Below we will take you through a general pathway of care for colorectal cancer patients, from pre to post surgery.

Your care pathway

  • Pre-surgery

    Getting referred to Sunnybrook, and your journey leading up to surgery. 

  • Surgery

    Learn about our surgical approach and surgical options.

  • Post-surgery

    Information about follow-up with your surgeon, and your transition plan for long-term care.

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Pre-surgery

Getting to Sunnybrook

At Sunnybrook, we see colorectal cancer patients who are referred here for a colonoscopy, or patients who have already received a colorectal cancer diagnosis. Here’s how it works:

Diagnosis at Sunnybrook
Diagnosis from outside of Sunnybrook
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Surgery

Minimally invasive surgery

Many traditional open surgeries for cancer management can now be performed using a laparoscope for a minimally invasive approach. For patients, this means that they have almost no incision and much faster recovery time.

Types of minimally invasive surgical options include:
  • Laparoscopic right hemicolectomy
  • Laparoscopic left hemicolectomy
  • Laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy
  • Laparoscopic low anterior resection
  • Laparoscopic abdominal perineal resection
  • Laparoscopic multivisceral resection
  • TAMIS
  • TaTME

Read about minimally invasive colorectal cancer surgical options at Sunnybrook

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Post-surgery

Follow up with your surgeon

Your surgeon will have reviewed your lab results in advance of your initial follow up.

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