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Our office provides comprehensive care for women with gynecological cancers. Our team is committed to treating patients with dignity, respect, and genuine concern for their well being.
By combining state-of-the-art technologies, cutting edge NCI, GOG, and Industry-sponsored clinical trials, and advanced surgery techniques with a warm and comfortable atmosphere, we offer patients hope even in the face of life-threatening illnesses.
As the field of gynecologic oncology advances, we are proud to offer patients the very latest therapies to give them the best chances of finding their cure.
Latest News...
The National Cancer Institute has just released an alert advising the use of intraperitoneal chemotherapy for women with advanced ovarian cancer.
For full details of the new Ovarian Cancer Alert publication, click here.
What is Gynecologic Oncology?
Gynecologic Oncology is a field of medical specialization which deals
with the study and treatment of malignancies arising in the female reproductive
tract. Ovary, endometrium, cervix, vulva and vagina are the sites of origin
of the most common and serious gynecologic malignancies. Although they
are often discussed as a group, they have significant differences in etiology,
prevention, detection, treatment and likelihood of cure.
Gynecologic Oncologists are cancer specialists whose training is first
that of an obstetrician/gynecologist, after which they have had two to
four years of structured training in all of the effective forms of treatment
of gynecologic cancers (surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy and experimental
treatments) as well as the biology and pathology of gynecologic cancer.
This training takes place in a limited number of medical centers. The
unique aspect of this training is that it allows patients to receive the
mode of therapy (i.e., surgery, chemotherapy or radiation therapy) or
combinations of therapy most likely to be successful without fragmenting
their care among many physicians.
