DF/HCC Program Affiliation

Gastrointestinal Malignancies

Research Abstract

As a Surgical Oncologist practicing at both the Massachusetts General Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, my practice is comprised of patients with complex gastrointestinal malignancies, including locally advanced and recurrent rectal cancer, colorectal cancer metastatic to the liver, gastric cancer, as well as patients with sarcoma. The multi-disciplinary nature of the treatment of patients with these diseases requires extensive coordinated efforts of medical oncology, radiation oncology and our surgical team. The procedures performed to treat patients with these diseases are technically demanding of the surgeon and physically demanding of the patients, and often require intensive care unit stays during the post-operative recovery period. Emerging technologies such as intra-operative radiation therapy, advanced laparoscopic techniques and hepatic artery infusion pumps are readily explored to advance the state of the art of cancer care.

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