FrankCCandelaMD

Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast), Minimally Invasive Surgery

Physician

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Office
7320 Woodlake Ave
Suite 380
West Hills, CA 91307
Phone+1 818-226-9030

Dr. Frank Candela is a general surgeon in West Hills, CA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Thousand Oaks Surgical Hospital, West Hills Hospital and Medical Center, Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, and Providence Tarzana Medical Center. He received his medical degree from McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University and has been in practice 35 years. He specializes in surgical oncology (other than breast) and minimally invasive surgery and is experienced in hernias, esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, minimally invasive surgery, and head and neck oncology and microvascular reconstruction.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 1987 - 1988
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1983 - 1987
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityInternship, Surgery, 1982 - 1983
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 1982

PubMed

359 citations
The patterns of cervical lymph node metastases from squamous carcinoma of the oral cavity.
Jatin P. Shah, Frank C. Candela, Anil K. Poddar
Cancer. 1990-07-01
129 citations
Patterns of cervical node metastases from squamous carcinoma of the larynx.
Frank C. Candela, Jayesh Shah, David P. Jaques, Jatin P. Shah
Archives of Otolaryngology--Head & Neck Surgery. 1990-04-01
129 citations
Prognosis of node-positive colon cancer.
Alfred M. Cohen, Salvatore Tremiterra, Frank C. Candela, Howard T. Thaler, Elin R. Sigurdson
Cancer. 1991-04-01

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