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Gynecologic
Oncology
UMassMemorial
Health Care
From accurate diagnosis and staging to the
full range of today’s most advanced
treatment options, the gynecologic oncology
UMass Memorial Health Care is the largest not-for-profit health
care system in Central New England with more than 13,000
employees and nearly 2,000 physicians, many of whom are
members of UMass Memorial Medical Group. Our member
hospitals and entities include Clinton Hospital, HealthAlliance
Hospital, Marlborough Hospital, UMass Memorial Medical Center,
Wing Memorial Hospital and Medical Centers and Community
Healthlink, our behavioral health agency. With our teaching and
research partner, the University of Massachusetts Medical School,
our extensive primary care network and our Cancer, Diabetes,
Heart and Vascular, and Musculoskeletal Centers of Excellence we
deliver seamless programs of quality and compassionate care for
patients across our health care system.
team at UMass Memorial Medical Center in
Worcester provides complete, compassionate
care for all types of cancers affecting the
female reproductive system including:
• Cervical cancer
• Ovarian and fallopian tube cancers
• Uterine (endometrial) cancer
• Vaginal cancer
• Vulvar cancer
• Pelvic masses
At the UMass Memorial Health Care Cancer Center of Excellence,
our philosophy of care centers on hope as we treat our patients and
their loved ones with compassion and commitment throughout
their cancer journey, from prevention and diagnosis through
treatment, survivorship and palliative care. We encourage our
patients to take part in our clinical trials in order to rapidly benefit
from therapies that will be the cancer care of the future.
Combining the resources of our member and affiliated community
hospitals, and our teaching and research partner, the University of
Massachusetts Medical School, the Cancer Center of Excellence
provides the most complete, multispecialty cancer care in Central
New England and is a leader in treating breast, colorectal, lung and
pancreatic cancers, and other common and rare cancers.
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division of Gynecologic Oncology
UMass Memorial Medical Center – Memorial Campus
33 Kendall Street, Worcester, MA 01605
Tel: 508-334-1160
www.umassmemorial.org
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Medical Center
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Why choose UMass Memorial Medical Center gynecologic oncology services?
When you choose UMass Memorial,
you choose a team of experts.
Medical School and the National Cancer Institute to
• We provide accessible, multidisciplinary specialty care
cancers. UMass Memorial is at the forefront of some
research breakthrough treatments for gynecologic
of the nation’s most promising research and
for gynecologic cancers close to home.
treatment programs in these types of cancers.
• We have Central Massachusetts’ only board-certified
physicians with advanced subspecialty training in the
care of women with gynecologic cancers.
• Studies show that women with reproductive cancer
have better outcomes and improved survival when
Our gynecologic oncology team
offers a multidisciplinary approach.
• Surgeons, radiation oncologists, geneticists, medical
oncologists and other cancer experts partner for the
treated by a gynecologic oncologist.
You have access to the most
advanced services for cancer care.
• Minimally invasive surgery, including robotic surgery
• Radiation therapy and high-dose rate brachytherapy
(internal radiation)
• Chemotherapy, including targeted biologic agents
and intraperitoneal chemotherapy
• Genetic testing and counseling
• Clinical trials through the Gynecologic Oncology
Group, a division of the National Cancer Institute
coordination and care of patients with reproductive
• Patient and family support resources
Gynecology and UMass Memorial Health Care Cancer
cancers, bringing together their skills to ensure the
• Nutrition counseling
Center of Excellence, our team works in partnership
best possible result for each patient.
• As part of the Department of Obstetrics and
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with scientists at the University of Massachusetts
Common Gynecologic Cancers
Cervical Cancer
like bloating and changes in appetite. Treatment may
Vaginal Cancer
Cervical cancer is increasingly uncommon thanks to early
include surgery and possibly chemotherapy. The surgical
Vaginal cancer is rare and may be found after a woman
diagnosis with regular Pap tests and prevention with HPV
approach may involve removing the uterus, ovaries,
complains of abnormal vaginal bleeding or a lump. Tumors
vaccines given to young women. Cervical dysplasia
fallopian tubes, nearby lymph nodes and abdominal tissue.
of the vagina can also occur when another cancer spreads.
(precancerous changes in the cervix) is usually found on
Surgery or radiation may be used as therapy.
Pap tests and, if treated, can prevent the development of
Uterine (Endometrial) Cancer
cervical cancer. Treatment depends on how far the
Endometrial cancer is cancer that starts in the lining of the
Vulvar Cancer
cancer has spread and can include radical hysterectomy,
uterus (endometrium). Endometrial cancer is the most
This type of cancer forms on a woman’s external genitals
radiation therapy and chemotherapy.
common type of uterine cancer with most cases occurring
(the vulva). This may be found as a growth or irritation on
between the ages of 60 and 70. Symptoms include
the vulva. Treatment for vulvar cancer depends on how
Ovarian Cancer
postmenopausal or perimenopausal bleeding. Most
advanced the cancer is and can include surgery, radiation
Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common cancer among
patients present with early stage disease and they are
or chemotherapy.
women, causing more deaths than any other
often cured with surgical therapy alone. Treatment options
reproductive cancer. It often causes unclear symptoms
include surgery, sometimes followed by radiation therapy
or chemotherapy.