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• Gestational Trophoblastic Tumors Treatment
• Ovarian Cancer Prevention
• Ovarian Cancer Screening
• Ovarian Epithelial Cancer Treatment
• Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors Treatment
• Ovarian Low Malignant Potential Tumors Treatment
• Uterine Sarcoma Treatment
• Vaginal Cancer Treatment
• Vulvar Cancer Treatment

Gynecologic Oncology

Diagnostic and treatment services

Our multidisciplinary program offers a full range of diagnostic and treatment services. Patients receive the highly individualized program of care they need while undergoing complex, aggressive therapies. Services include:

Surgery

• Radical surgery for ovarian, uterine, cervical and vulvar malignancies
• Minimally invasive surgery, including robotic- or laparoscopic-assisted surgery, for cancer staging and treatment of cervical and uterine cancer
• Reconstructive surgery, including muscle flaps for vulvar reconstruction, urinary conduits and bowel surgery related to cancer treatment
• Fertility-sparing surgery for early-stage cancers when appropriate
• High-risk evaluation and treatment, including counseling for risk reduction and prophylactic oophorectomy/hysterectomy for women at increased genetic risk of gynecologic malignancy
• Evaluation and management of pre-malignant conditions of the vulva, vagina and cervix, including laser ablation therapy

Chemotherapy

• Chemotherapy including neoadjuvant chemotherapy, adjuvant chemotherapy, consolidation therapy, salvage chemotherapy and hormonal therapy
• Intraperitoneal chemotherapy for ovarian cancer
• Clinical trials, including both national multi-institution studies and local trials designed by our physician experts
• Chemotherapy for radiation sensitization

Radiation

• External beam radiation therapy including 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT), intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and palliative radiation therapy
• Vaginal brachytherapy, both high- and low-dose rate
• Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) when applicable

This page was last updated on: March 29, 2012.

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