Gynec Cancer Surgery

Gynecologic cancer is different for every woman, and surgery is often part of the treatment plan to remove as much of the tumor as possible. Reducing the size of the tumor improves the efficiency of subsequent chemotherapy or radiation therapy because there will be less tumor to treat.

When surgery is part of a patient’s individualized treatment plan, specialists at UT Southwestern use minimally invasive techniques or open techniques such as radical tumor debulking surgery, radical hysterectomy, or radical vulvectomy to achieve the best possible surgical outcome. Our gynecologic cancer experts are trained in both advanced laparoscopic or robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery to help patients recover faster, return to their normal lifestyle, or start the next phase of treatment sooner.

Our team also has special expertise in dealing with complications from prior gynecologic cancer therapies. These complications can result in fistulas that require repair by our experienced surgeons.