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Overview

The Division of Surgical Oncology evaluates and treats breast cancer, colon cancer, head and neck carcinoma, liver cancer, melanoma, pancreatic cancer, rectal cancer, sarcoma and skin cancer, with division surgeons performing procedures at Emory University Hospital, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, Emory Crawford Long Hospital and the Atlanta VA Medical Center.

As the surgical staff of the The Winship Cancer Institute (WCI), Emory's interdisciplinary and comprehensive center for cancer treatment, prevention and research, division surgeons collaborate with specialists from medical oncology, radiation oncology, diagnostic imaging, oncology nursing and other Emory programs in the course of patient care. WCI applies the latest findings in cancer research to current patient care, and its website maintains a listing of current clinical trials being conducted under its auspices.

Breast Health Center

Sponsored by WCI, the Breast Health Center offers centralized services for breast cancer care, lessening the anxiety and depersonalization that breast cancer patients often experience when seeing many diverse caregivers. Surgical oncologists at the center focus on breast conservation, offering such services as:

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy, which can make breast sparing possible for most women with breast carcinoma.
Oncoplastic breast-conserving surgery, a procedure that combines breast cancer surgery and reconstructive surgery during the same operation, enabling patients to save their breasts and avoid mastectomy. Working together, a surgical oncologist and a plastic surgeon remove the cancerous tumor, immediately reconstruct the defect and reshape the breast using the patient's own tissue.
Skin-sparing mastectomy, another collaborative surgical oncology/plastic surgery procedure pioneered at Emory that retains the skin envelope of the breast to allow for immediate reconstruction. Emory has the largest series of the technique. Notably, Dr. Maurice Jurkiewicz, chief of plastic surgery at Emory from 1971-1992, and his associates developed many of the methods for reconstructive surgery of the breast that are now used internationally.

Surgeon Specialties

The specialties of division faculty encompass a diverse array of clinical skills and research interests:

Before the technique became more widely available, Dr. Charles Staley, chief of the division, was instrumental in establishing Emory as one of the few medical centers in the nation to apply cryosurgery to advanced liver cancer. He has also received significant attention for his translational research and novel clinical trials in gastrointestinal cancers.
Dr. Grant Carlson is board certified in general surgery and plastic surgery, which allows him to both treat and reconstruct the damage caused by breast cancer, head and neck carcinoma, melanoma and skin cancer.
Dr. Keith Delman's clinical and research interests encompass melanoma, sarcoma and gastrointestinal cancers.
Dr. Sheryl Gabram's primary clinical specialties are treatment of breast cancer and tumors as well as sentinel node biopsy, while her research activities involve examining the psychological and immunological impact of breast biopsy for cancer diagnosis as well as sentinel node and bone marrow micrometastases in women with clinical T1 or T2N0M0 breast cancer.
Dr. David Kooby's areas of expertise include surgical treatment of tumors of the GI tract and laparoscopic tumor surgery. His research interests include experimental therapeutics of cancers of the liver, pancreas and stomach.
Dr. Monica Rizzo primarily treats breast cancer, melanoma, skin cancer and soft tissue sarcoma.
Dr. Toncred Styblo is a prominent figure in breast disease treatment, research and reconstruction.
Dr. William C. Wood is recognized nationally and internationally for his outstanding contributions to cancer therapy, particularly in the area of breast cancer, and for his influence on the design and meta-analysis of conceptually driven national clinical trials.

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