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'''Surgical oncology''' is the branch of [[surgery]] applied to [[oncology]]; it focuses on the surgical management of [[neoplasm|tumors]], especially [[cancer]]ous tumors.
As one of several modalities in the [[management of cancer]], the specialty of surgical oncology, before modern medicine the only cancer treatment with a chance of success, has evolved in steps similar to [[medical oncology]] ([[pharmacotherapy]] for cancer), which grew out of [[hematology]], and [[radiation oncology]], which grew out of [[radiology]]. The Ewing Society known today as the Society of Surgical Oncology was started by surgeons interested in promoting the field of oncology. Complex General Surgical Oncology was ratified by a specialty Board certification in 2011 from the [[American Board of Surgery]]. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.absurgery.org/default.jsp?newssurgonc|title=New Certificate in Complex General Surgical Oncology {{!}}
==Debate==
Whether surgical oncology constitutes a medical specialty ''per se'' is the topic of a heated debate. Today, some would agree that it is simply impossible for
Most often, ''surgical oncologist'' refers to a general surgical oncologist (a subspecialty of [[general surgery]]), but thoracic surgical oncologists, gynecologic oncologists and so forth can all be considered surgeons who specialize in treating cancer patients.
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