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Whitfield Growdon

Surgical Oncologist

Dr. Whitfield Growdon was born and raised in Boston. He graduated from Williams College with a degree in Art History. After years of appreciating fine arts in the Berkshire Mountains, he attended the University of Massachusetts Medical School. There he metAmanda, and 5 days before graduation, they were married in Salem, MA.

He returned to Boston where he was a resident atthe integrated Brigham & Womens/MGH Combined OBGYN Residency, and alsocompleted a gynecologic oncology fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

His interests include minimally invasive surgery and correlative investigationinto rare gynecologic tumors. He lives in downtown Boston with his wife and his 2 year olddaughter Lily who lights up his world.


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Cancer is a condition where cells in a specific part of the body grow and reproduce uncontrollably. The cancerous cells can invade and destroy surrounding healthy tissue, including organs.

Cancer sometimes begins in one part of the body before spreading to other areas. This process is known as metastasis.

There are over 200 different types of cancer, each with its own methods of diagnosis and treatment.

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