Surgical Oncology
With the addition of Dr. Jeffrey Norton as Chief of the section of Surgical Oncology, it is our expectation that he will bring together all of the surgical oncology programs in the Division of General Surgery - breast cancer, melanoma, gastrointestinal, and pancreatic cancer. The Surgical Oncology practice moved to the new Stanford Cancer Center this past spring of 2004. This section's oncological focus includes endocrine (Drs. Norton and Greco), breast (Drs. Dirbas, Jeffrey, Johnson and Wapnir), liver (Dr. So), melanoma (Dr. Johnson), as well as the more routine general surgical conditions.
Patients with solid tumors, breast cancer, melanoma, liver cancer, or pancreatic cancer can come to Stanford with the assurance that skilled, experienced surgeons are backed by powerful interdisciplinary insights and research.
The insights emanate in part from our renowned Clinical Cancer Center where surgical oncologists work side by side with radiologists, medical oncologists, and microvascular surgeons to ensure the very best in cancer care.
Our surgical oncology specialty also includes:
- The Stanford Pancreas Center , which completes over a hundred procedures for pancreatic cancer each year. Many involve complex, four-stage treatments: high-speed CT imaging, surgery, chemotherapy, and cyberknife treatments (a Stanford invention) for radiation.
- The Asian Liver Center , which explores the use of genetic profiling to address the high incidence of hepatitis B and liver cancer in Asians and Asian-Americans.
- A stellar group of breast cancer surgeons and researchers who not only study the biology and genetics of breast cancer so new treatments can emerge, but treat women with breast cancer with the latest high tech interventions available.
