Sentences with phrase «gynecologic oncology surgeons»

Using radioactive dye and blue dye, gynecologic oncology surgeons are able to identify and remove just the sentinel nodes, which is the first place cancer will go.

Not exact matches

«We've known for years that how well a patient does is directly related to the amount of tumor that the surgeon removes and the amount that's left behind,» says Michael Birrer, who began working with Belcher when he was head of medical gynecologic oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital.

But surgeons today are getting more aggressive, seeking to remove all evidence of cancer from the get - go, says Barbara Goff, MD, director of gynecologic oncology at the University of Washington.