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There are many different types of treatments used against cancer. This includes both traditional therapies (such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy), newer forms of treatment (including information on clinical trials), and complementary and alternative therapies.
When there is no cure for an illness, palliative care tries to make the end of a person’s life as comfortable as possible.
Whitfield Growdon
Surgical OncologistDr. Whitfield Growdon was born and raised in Boston. He graduated from Williams College with a degree in Art History. After years of appreciating fine arts in the Berkshire Mountains, he attended the University of Massachusetts Medical School. There he metAmanda, and 5 days before graduation, they were married in Salem, MA.
He returned to Boston where he was a resident atthe integrated Brigham & Womens/MGH Combined OBGYN Residency, and alsocompleted a gynecologic oncology fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
His interests include minimally invasive surgery and correlative investigationinto rare gynecologic tumors. He lives in downtown Boston with his wife and his 2 year olddaughter Lily who lights up his world.
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