Working to Eradicate Gynecologic Cancers

Whitfield B. Growdon, MD

Assistant Professor
Massachusetts General Hospital
One Charles Street South
Unit 2D
Boston, MA
USA 02116


Biographical Sketch:
Whitfield Growdon is GYN Oncology faculty and spends 75% of his time as a basic science researcher with a K12 grant to investigate molecular signatures in endometrial cancer. He has published on mutational signatures in rare high grade endometrial cancers.

Papers:
53 - Featured Poster Inhibition of gamma-secretase activity in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel precludes uterine papillary serous carcinoma growth in a primary human xenograft model 80 - Featured Poster Dose delay, but not dose reduction, in chemotherapy administration is associated with decreased survival in elderly women with ovarian cancer 170 - Poster Session A Distribution of ovarian cancer recurrence following intravenous (IV) and intraperitoneal (IP) adjuvant chemotherapy after upfront cytoreductive surgery 225 - Poster Session A Primary debulking surgery in stage IIIC and IV ovarian cancer results in improved survival compared to those undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy with interval cytoreduction 249 - Poster Session A Risk of second primary breast cancer among women with epithelial ovarian cancer compared to fallopian tube cancer 288 - Poster Session A Dual HER2 targeting impedes growth of HER2 gene-amplified uterine papillary serous carcinoma xenografts 327 - Poster Session A Prognostic factors of lymph node involvement in endometrioid endometrial cancer: a SEER analysis 387 - Poster Session B Management and outcomes for elderly women with vulvar cancer over time 410 - Poster Session B Management of advanced epithelial ovarian cancer in the elderly