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Wither, Whether, or Whither Surgical Oncology
Benjamin F. Rush, Jr, MD
Arch Surg. 1991;126(3):302-303.
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According to Webster, the verb wither indicates that something has become dry and sapless or has lost vitality, force, or freshness. Is surgical oncology withering? One can find evidence that this might be so. The American Board of Surgery has recently denied a Certificate of Additional Competency in Surgical Oncology. After a period of growth, the membership of our society has plateaued in the last 2 to 3 years, with the number of members entering barely balancing the number superannuated because of age. The care of the cancer patient seems in many instances to have become more and more fragmented. I encountered a patient the other day at my own hospital who was under chemotherapeutic care by our Section of Medical Oncology for a lesion of the head and neck. The patient had a recurrent carcinoma that was obstructing his hypopharynx, and the Ear, Nose, and Throat Service was asked
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Author Affiliations
From the Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication October 13, 1990.
Read as the presidential address before the 43rd Annual Cancer Symposium of the Society of Surgical Oncology, Washington, DC, May 20, 1990.
Reprint requests to Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 185 S Orange Ave, G506, University Heights, Newark, NJ 07103-2714 (Dr Rush).
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