Gynecologic Oncology

Location

745 64th Street The Gilbert Rivera Pavilion Brooklyn, NY  11220 Map Link Phone: (718) 765-2670

Physicians and Staff

Neekianund Khulpateea, MD Director, Division of Gynecology & Gyn-Oncology (718) 283-7370

Samantha Cohen, MD Gynecologic Oncologist (718) 765-2670

Fady Khoury Collado, MD Gynecologic Oncologist (718) 765-2670

When thinking about “Cancer” many people immediately think of breast or colon cancer but few think of ovarian or uterine cancer. However, according to the Center for Disease Control over 80,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with a gynecologic cancer each year. In fact, uterine cancer is the 4th most common cancer in females.

What is gynecologic cancer?

Gynecologic cancer is any cancer that starts in a woman’s reproductive organs.
While they are often discussed as a group, each gynecologic cancer is unique. Each has different signs, symptoms, and risk factors (things that may increase your chance of getting each type of cancer). For some of these cancers, there are ways to lower your risk.

The five main types of gynecologic cancer are:

• Cervical cancer begins in the cervix, which is the lower, narrow end of the uterus. (The uterus is also called the womb.)
• Ovarian cancer begins in the ovaries, which are located on each side of the uterus.
• Uterine cancer begins in the uterus, the pear-shaped organ in a woman's pelvis where the baby grows when a woman is pregnant.
• Vaginal cancer begins in the vagina, which is the hollow, tube-like channel between the bottom of the uterus and the outside of the body.
• Vulvar cancer begins in the vulva, the outer part of the female genital organs.