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Cancer is a condition where cells in a specific part of the body grow and reproduce uncontrollably. The cancerous cells can invade and destroy surrounding healthy tissue, including organs.

Cancer sometimes begins in one part of the body before spreading to other areas. This process is known as metastasis.

There are over 200 different types of cancer, each with its own methods of diagnosis and treatment.

Whitfield practices in Boston, USA at the Massachusetts General Hospital and lectures at Harvard Medical School.

His interest include: gynecologic oncology, invasive robotic assisted & laparoscopic surgical techniques, personalized therapy for gynecologic cancers, clinical trial design and translational research into rare gynaecology cancers.