Overview

Gynecologic oncology is the treatment of women with cancer of the reproductive organs. Patients cared for by gynecologic oncologists have twice the survival rates of patients not treated by a  specialist in gynecologic cancer.

Gynecologic oncologists are trained in obstetrics and gynecology but complete three additional years of training to learn complex gynecologic surgeries, administration of chemotherapy and treatment for gynecologic cancers. They have extensive experience in providing care for women with pelvic cancers, precancerous conditions and complex gynecological conditions, including:

• Cervical cancer
• Cervical dysplasia (precancer)
• Endometrial cancer 
• Fallopian tube cancer
• Ovarian cancer
• Vulvar cancer
• Vulvar dysplasia (precancer)
• Vaginal cancer
• Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia

Whether it is embracing a new robotic surgical technique, making a house call or continuing their research to find a cure, our gynecologic oncologists, Dr. Maria Bell and Dr. Anna Priebe, focus on preventing, diagnosing and treating gynecologic cancers.

Treatments

We have a precise and goal-oriented approach to treatment. These steps include:

1. Determining your treatment plan. Diagnosis is critical for determining an appropriate treatment plan.
2. Delivering your treatment plan.  Our internationally recognized team of specialists makes all the difference in treating the whole patient – not just the cancer. A collective team of experts come together to review your specific needs and determine the most effective treatment plan.
3. Evaluating your treatment plan.  This collective team is a multidisciplinary group of world renowned physicians, who rely on each other’s expertise and experience to not only create personalized treatment plans for each of our patients but to monitor care management as well.
4. Supporting your recovery.  Patients are supported in their journey back to health by their specialist and team of nurses, counselors and navigators.

Office Services

• Cryotherapy – a minimally invasive treatment that uses extreme cold to freeze and destroy diseased tissue, including cancer cells.
• Colposcopy – a common gynecology follow-up for abnormal Pap smears.
• Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP) - one way to remove abnormal cells from the cervix.
• Endometrial biopsy – helps your doctor find any problems in the uterus.
• Chemotherapy - refers to treatment of disease by chemicals that kill cells, both good and bad, but specifically those of micro-organisms or cancer.
• Intraperitoneal chemotherapy – instillation of chemotherapy directly into the abdominal cavity which has been proven to improve outcomes for ovarian cancer patients

Surgical Procedures

• Cone biopsy – a surgical procedure in which a cone-shaped tissue sample from the cervix is removed for examination.
• Hysteroscopy – a way for your doctor to look at the lining of your uterus. 
• Diagnostic laparoscopy – a procedure that allows a health care provider to look directly at the contents of a patient's abdomen or pelvis.
• Laser procedures for dysplasia – a procedure for eradicating abnormal cells from the cervix, vagina and vulva.
• Intravenous access device placement
• daVinci-assisted robotic hysterectomy – minimally invasive hysterectomy.
• Radical hysterectomy – performed on women with cervical cancer or endometrial cancer that has spread to the cervix. This can also be performed robotically
• Operative Laparoscopy – minimally invasive surgery, sometimes performed with the aid of the daVinci robot.
• Laparotomy – a surgical procedure involving an incision through the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity.
• Debulking – advanced surgical technique to remove as much cancer as possible

Providers

	Maria C. Bell, MD, MPH
	Anna Priebe, MD

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