Cancer Surgery

A physician and his staff are scrubbed-in in an operating room, preparing to perform a high-tech procedure at AdventHealth.

Recognized Leaders in Surgical Care for Cancer

You have life to lead beyond cancer. We’ll do everything possible to get you there with our experienced team of oncologists, nurses and surgeons who perform thousands of cancer procedures every year.

In addition to being top-ranked in the nation for robotic-assisted, gynecologic-oncology surgeries, we’re also the world leader in robotic-assisted prostatectomies using the da Vinci® Surgical System. Across the AdventHealth Cancer Institute network, we’re putting the latest, most advanced tools to work for you, so you can focus on what matters most: healing.

When surgery is needed for cancer treatment, our multidisciplinary team of oncology physicians works to develop a patient-specific approach to treating each diagnosis. While surgery is the oldest form of cancer treatment, our oncology surgeons are continuously pioneering and adopting new advances and technology to remove your cancer more safely and effectively.

Curative Surgery

This surgery involves the complete removal of a cancerous tumor, which works best on localized cancers that haven't yet spread to other parts of the body.
Diagnostic Surgery (Biopsy)

Biopsies are performed to remove some or all of a tumor for examination to determine if the growth is cancerous.
Palliative Surgery

This surgery is not a cancer treatment or cure, but it is used to ease pain, disability or other complications that come with advanced cancer.
Preventive Surgery

Preventive procedures keep cancer from developing, for instance, by removing precancerous polyps before they become malignant.
Reconstructive Surgery

Reconstructive procedures, like a mastectomy, return the body to normal or near-normal appearance or function following cancer treatment.
Staging Surgery

This surgery is used to determine the extent of the cancer and can sometimes be done without an incision by using tiny cameras (scopes) attached to a flexible tube, which are inserted into natural body openings.