The Division of Gynaecologic Oncology provides gynaecologic cancer consultation services and treatment to all patients with suspected or confirmed gynecologic malignancies in British Columbia and the Yukon territories. Our team is also engaged in the diagnosis and treatment of pre-invasive disease and prevention of gynecologic cancers as an important part of our mandate.
Clinical space and surgical suites are located at the Vancouver General Hospital and at the BC Cancer Agency but patients are reviewed with experts from across the province as part of a multidisciplinary Gynecologic Tumor Group. Our goal is to provide equitable, compassionate, evidence-based, a cutting-edge cancer care for our patients. Our team includes experts in education, quality improvement, population health, translational research, clinical trials and survivorship. We partner with a diverse research team in the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, OVCARE and the Gynecologic Cancer Initiative and are proud of the many examples of practice changing research discoveries from our team.
The Division of Gynaecologic Oncology includes both clinical and academic faculty members, most of whom are located at the Diamond Health Care Centre at VGH and the BC Cancer Agency.
For a complete list of the Department’s programs, visit the Education section.
Undergraduate & Postgraduate
Our members are actively involved in all aspects of teaching undergraduate (medical students) and postgraduate (residents).
Senior residents in Obstetrics & Gynaecology each spend three months on the gynaecologic oncology service. Chief residents also have the opportunity to be further trained in colposcopy and laser treatment of the lower genital tract.
Subspecialty Residency
The Gynaecologic Oncology Subspecialty Residency Program is Royal College accredited. The program is a two-year funded Clinical Fellowship, with the option of a third research year (which can be funded through various mechanisms, such as the UBC Clinical Investigator Program).
Division Faculty Directory
Our division faculty members can be found from the Faculty & Staff Directory.
Clinical Programs, Services & Ongoing Research
The Division of Gynaecologic Oncology continues to be actively involved in basic and clinical science and this has resulted in numerous publications.
Current projects include:
- Optimizing surgical treatment for endometrial cancer
- National survey of genetic counselors and provincial survey of HNPCC patients regarding knowledge of gynaecologic cancer risks and prevention strategies associated with this syndrome
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of testing criteria for HNPCC among women with endometrial cancer
- Confronting the link between diabetes and endometrial cancer: Population based study to estimate the risk of endometrial cancer among diabetic women according to the medication they use to control their diabetes
- Tubal intra-epithelial carcinogenesis screening (TICS)
- Ovarian cancer early screening project (OCESP)
- Knowledge translation: Role for salpingectomy
- HPV vaccine trials
- Calypso: Multinational randomized trial of the use of pegelated doxyrubicin in the treatment of recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer
- HPV focal study
- Pilot study of the role of HPV testing in the follow-up of conservative treatment of cervical dysplasia
- A preliminary review of 50 invasive cervical cancers diagnosed in British Columbia from 2003 to 2007
- Utility of colo-rectal stents in advanced or recurrent gynaecologic malignancies
List of Research Areas:
- Cervical Cancer/HPV
- Colposcopy
- Endometrial Cancer
- Oncologic Surgery
- Ovarian Cancer including fundamentals of ovarian tumorigenesis, ovarian surface epithelium, immunoreactivity and cell type
- Pelvic Epithelial Cancers
