{"id":2101,"date":"2020-04-05T12:28:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T12:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/location\/uchealth-adrenal-cancer-and-tumor-program-anschutz\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T21:50:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:50:02","slug":"uchealth-adrenal-cancer-and-tumor-program-anschutz-cancer-pavilion","status":"publish","type":"uch_location","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/uchealth-adrenal-cancer-and-tumor-program-anschutz-cancer-pavilion\/","title":{"rendered":"UCHealth Adrenal Cancer and Tumor Program &#8211; Anschutz Cancer Pavilion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have deep expertise in the treatment of adrenal tumors. Included among our multidisciplinary team are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/services\/cancer-care\/\">Oncologists<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Endocrine surgeons<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/services\/diabetes-endocrinology-care\/\">Endocrinologists<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/services\/radiation-oncology\/\">Radiation oncologists<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Medical geneticists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The UCHealth &#8211; CU Cancer Center adrenal cancer program, established in 2013, offers a comprehensive treatment approach, and patients benefit from the blended expertise of a team of physicians.<\/p>\n<p>Our multidisciplinary tumor board meets regularly to discuss the best treatment options for each patient.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patients with adrenal cancer are seen within one week of referral and we offer same-day outpatient evaluation in a joint Endocrine, Surgery and Oncology clinic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-588 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/location\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/12\/CAN-UCH-nci-designation-150x150.png\" alt=\"can-uch-nci-designation\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Currently the primary treatment for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/diseases-conditions\/endocrine-cancer\/\">adrenal tumor<\/a> is surgical removal of the tumor within the adrenal gland, as well as all surrounding structures that may have been invaded by the tumor. At UCHealth, our provider team has advanced expertise in adrenal tumor surgery. In unresectable or recurrent tumors surgery, medical therapy, chemotherapy and radiation are potential options.<\/p>\n<p>We are actively pursuing research in the area of adrenal cancer and adrenal and extra-adrenal tumors called pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma respectively, as there is a need for better targeted medical treatments. Our research is focused on uncovering new genes and molecular pathways in these tumors that could be targeted in patients with adrenal cancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2356,"featured_media":7585,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-2101","uch_location","type-uch_location","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uch_location\/2101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uch_location"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/uch_location"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}