Surgical Oncology

Cancer Surgery for Tumor Removal

As part of your cancer treatment, you may recommend surgery to remove the tumor. The Division of Surgical Oncology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) provides compassionate, state-of-the-art surgical care for adults with a wide range of cancers.

At the BIDMC Cancer Center, you’ll benefit from our multidisciplinary approach to care. Our surgical team includes a variety of highly trained surgical subspecialists.

Using the Latest Surgical Techniques

When possible, we use minimally invasive and robot-assisted techniques for less downtime, less risk of infection, shorter length of hospital stay and other benefits. We are proud to be a regional and national leading in robotic and minimally invasive surgery.

Our surgeons use image-guided surgical planning to customize your care. Your surgical team will work with BIDMC lab specialists with expertise in cancer pathology to analyze samples that surgeons take during biopsy or surgery.

Cancer Surgery We Offer

BIDMC oncologists can use surgery to treat a variety of cancers:

• Bladder surgery, including robotic cystectomy, extended lymph node dissection and trans urethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT)
• Bone and soft tissue tumor surgery, including sarcoma surgery and multi-visceral resection for rare abdominal tumors
• Brain cancer and spinal tumor surgery, including neurosurgical expertise in complex procedures such as skull base surgery
• Breast cancer surgery, including mastectomy 
• Colorectal cancer surgery
• Cutaneous (skin) cancer surgery, including Mohs surgery
• Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer surgery
• Gynecologic cancer surgery
• Head and neck cancer surgery
• Kidney cancer surgery
• Liver cancer surgery, including laparoscopic and robot-assisted procedures such as laparoscopic liver resections  
• Pancreatic cancer surgery, including Whipple operation and laparoscopic pancreatectomy 
• Prostate cancer surgery
• Sentinel node study
• Testicular cancer surgery, including orchiectomy (testicle removal)
• Thoracic surgery
• Thyroid and endocrine cancer surgery, including innovative scarless option
• Urologic cancer surgery

Be Prepared for Cancer Surgery

Know what to expect before surgery and after surgery. Get tips on preparing yourself and your family for oncology surgery.

Clinical Trials

We conduct clinical trials focused on better understanding cancer and finding innovative, new and more effective treatments. Our entire surgical oncology team is committed to offering you the latest in effective treatment options.

Supportive Cancer Care

We provide personalized, supportive care to help you manage symptoms of cancer and side effects of cancer treatments. We also offer ongoing survivorship services during and after treatment.