"This is how a cancer surgeon takes out a colon," she replied.

A doctor helped - Dr. William Cahan, the eminent cancer surgeon.

What does that have to do with being a cancer surgeon?

But cancer surgeons are deeply divided about whether the small studies have hit upon a significant finding that should now alter care, or merely a statistical fluke.

Dr. Niederhuber, who built a reputation as one of the best cancer surgeons in the country, also had considerable success as a researcher.

His experience as a cancer surgeon led him to spearhead a drive for research and treatment centers for the disease in his native city.

The judge had the stern expression of the cancer surgeon who is about to operate.

Mr. Foti, whose father was a dentist and whose brother is a cancer surgeon, said he and his investigators had been fair.

He becomes a top cancer surgeon and helps develop a technique that spares countless patients arduous operations.

Although he had trained as a cancer surgeon in Egypt, Giannou began to develop a specialized expertise in war surgery.