Surgical Oncology
The Surgical oncologists at Brown Health Medical Group – Surgery provide the most advanced, compassionate surgical care to patients with cancer. Directing preoperative evaluation, surgical treatment, and long-term postoperative care for our patients, they are essential partners in specialized, multidisciplinary teams at the Brown University Health Cancer Institute. Along with medical, radiation, and interventional oncologists and pathologists, they develop the most appropriate and personalized treatment plans for each patient at each stage of their disease. Their knowledge and experience is unparalleled in the region.
The Brown University Health Cancer Institute is certified as a quality oncology practice by the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
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Surgical Techniques
The high level of expertise of our board-certified surgical oncologists allows for the use of specialized techniques that are appropriate for cancer patients, including:
- Advanced laparoscopic staging and biopsies
- Minimally invasive robotic surgery
- Brachytherapy implants for focused radiation therapy treatments
- Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemoperfusion (HIPEC), an increasingly popular cancer treatment in which chemo is delivered directly to cancer cells that have advanced into the abdominal peritoneal cavity (peritoneal carcinomatosis)
- Microwave ablation of tumors
- Sentinel node mapping for breast cancer and melanoma
- Tumor resections
Surgical Oncology Specialties
- Breast Cancer—Diagnosis and treatment of ductal carcinoma, lobular carcinoma and HR Positive, HER Positive, triple negative breast cancer, and rare breast cancers.
- Colorectal Cancer—Diagnosis and treatment of colorectal malignancies including colon, rectum, and small bowel cancers.
- Genitourinary Cancer—Diagnosis and treatment of urologic malignancies including bladder, kidney, penile, prostate, testicular, and ureter cancer.
- Gynecologic Cancers—Diagnosis and treatment of gynecologic malignancies including cervical, endometrial, fallopian tube, primary peritoneal carcinoma, ovarian, uterine vaginal, and vulvar cancer.
- Head and Neck Cancer—Diagnosis and treatment of laryngeal, nasal cavity and paranasal sinus, oral, pharyngeal (throat), salivary gland, and thyroid cancers.
- Melanoma and Skin Cancer—Diagnosis and treatment of basal cell carcinoma, melanoma, and squamous cell carcinoma.
- Neuro-oncologic Cancer—Diagnosis and Treatment of tumors of the brain and spinal cord
- Orthopedic Oncology—Diagnosis and treatment options for tumors of the bone and soft tissue
- Sarcoma—Diagnosis and treatment of bone, connective tissue (tendon or cartilage), and soft tissue (muscle, fat, or nerves) cancers.
- Thoracic Cancer—Diagnosis and treatment of lung, mesothelioma, and thymic, cancers and carcinoid tumors.
- Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer—Diagnosis and treatment of upper gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies including bile duct, esophageal, gall bladder, liver, stomach, pancreatic cancer.