Orthopaedic Oncology: Conditions & Treatments
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Yawkey Building, Suite 3B
Boston, MA 02114
For more than 45 years, the Mass General Orthopaedic Oncology Service has treated children, adolescents and adults with benign and malignant bone and soft tissue tumors in addition to metastatic disease.
Determining Diagnosis
Patients come to the office not knowing their diagnosis. During your first office visit, you will meet the surgical team, have a physical exam and review imaging studies (x-ray, MRI, CT scan). If your tumor is suspicious for malignancy, we will schedule a biopsy and additional tests. Until a diagnosis is determined, patients find this time can be anxiety provoking. Your surgical team will support you through this process.
Benign Tumors: Bone & Soft Tissue
Learn more about the various types of benign bone and benign soft tissue tumors including treatment.
Malignant Tumors: Bone & Soft Tissue
We treat a multitude of malignant bone and soft tissue tumors. These diseases are caused by malignant (cancer) cells, which form in either the soft tissues of the body (muscles, tendons, fat, blood vessels, lymph vessels and nerves) or in any bone.
Metastatic Tumors
Metastatic tumors are started by cancer cells that come from a tumor somewhere else in the body. The cancer cells break away from the original or primary tumor and travel in the blood to other parts of the body.
Adjuvant Therapy
Adjuvant therapy is a term used to describe interventions given before or after tumor surgery to maximize the effectiveness of cancer treatment, which includes chemotherapy, radiation and the newer targeted and biological therapies.
Surgical Prep
Read more about surgical preparation. This is general information - patients may be provided with more specifics by his/her health care team.
Discharge Guidelines
Find specific discharge guidelines for your surgery.
Oncologic Surveillance
Find information about incision care, including an incision care tutorial.
Incision Care
Find information about incision care, including an incision care tutorial.
Living with the Aftermath of Cancer Surgery
Dealing with the diagnosis of cancer, its treatments and side effects is life-altering. The physical, emotional, social, spiritual and financial issues impacting a cancer patient’s life must be addressed throughout the cancer care continuum (diagnosis, treatment, survivorship).
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