The mission of the Division of Surgical Oncology is to provide state-of-the-art surgical care to the patient with cancer. With 16 surgical oncologists who have diverse expertise in all types of cancers, the department provides the most up-to-date specialized care for patients suffering with cancer. This includes specialized focuses in breast cancer, melanoma, sarcoma, upper gastrointestinal malignancies, pancreatic cancers, colorectal cancers, hepatobiliary cancers, and endocrine tumors. This high level of focused expertise allows for the use of specialized techniques that are appropriate for cancer patients. This includes sentinel node mapping for breast cancer and melanoma, isolated limb chemoperfusion for tumors isolated to the arm or leg, peritoneal chemoperfusion for tumors which have advanced into the peritoneal cavity (peritoneal carcinomatosis), sphincter sparing surgery for low rectal cancers (avoid colostomy), concentrated regional chemotherapy infusion for liver metastases, radiofrequency ablation, laparoscopic colon resection, advanced laparoscopic staging, biopsies, and tumor resections, and the placement of brachytherapy implants for focused radiation therapy treatments.