Working to Eradicate Gynecologic Cancers

Nadeem R. Abu-Rustum, MD

Attending Physician
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Dept. of Surgery
1275 York Ave., H-1308
New York, NY
USA 10065


Biographical Sketch:
Nadeem R. Abu-Rustum, M.D. is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York. He is a Gynecologic Oncologist in the Department of Surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He completed his Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Baltimore Maryland and a Fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 publications and is co-author to numerous book chapters and three textbooks in gynecologic oncology. He is in full-time practice of gynecologic oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York."

Papers:
56 - Surgical Film Sentinel lymph node mapping for uterine cancer: a practical illustration of injection and mapping techniques 123 - Featured Poster Maximizing minimally invasive surgical approaches in the morbidly obese patient with newly diagnosed uterine cancer 250 - Poster Session A Predicting overall survival after secondary surgical cytoreduction for platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer: a prognostic nomogram 254 - Poster Session A An analysis of the survival outcomes of video-assisted thoracic surgery in the primary management of patients with advanced ovarian, tubal, and peritoneal cancer 323 - Poster Session A Outcomes in node-positive low-grade endometrioid endometrial carcinoma 325 - Poster Session A Nodal selection during side-specific lymphadenectomy in cases of failed sentinel node mapping 335 - Poster Session A Combined modality adjuvant therapy for FIGO stage IIIC endometrial carcinomas 493 - Poster Session B Does removal of a positive sentinel node without lymphadenectomy impact pelvic sidewall control in endometrial cancer? 498 - Poster Session B Does minimally invasive surgery compromise the oncologic outcome of women with high-risk non-endometrioid endometrial carcinomas 510 - Poster Session B A survey of female cancer patients awareness of and preferences for receiving sexual health interventions The Farr Nezhat Lecturer