Leaders in prostate and genitourinary cancer treatment
The Urologic Tumor Center is the only comprehensive diagnostic and treatment group for a prostate and genitourinary cancers, in the Richmond area. It is staffed by leading specialists who also conduct research that leads to improved treatments. You can see these specialists in one place at one time, eliminating visits to several doctors’ offices and long delays in decisions about your care. By working together and pooling their expertise, blood cancer treatment team doctors can make the best decisions and give you the most comprehensive advice and information.
Hallmarks of Massey's prostate and genitourinary cancer care
The Urologic Tumor Center team at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center consists of national leaders in cancer care and research from multiple disciplines who work together to provide the highest-quality diagnosis and treatment of prostate and genitourinary cancers. By pooling their expertise, our doctors are able to make the best decisions and give you the most comprehensive advice and information.
Discover the 5 Cs that make us the right choice for your prostate and genitourinary cancer care. Choose Massey for your prostate and genitourinary cancer care because we are:
Cutting-edge
The Urologic Tumor Center team at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center consists of national leaders in cancer care and research from multiple disciplines who work together to provide the highest-quality diagnosis and treatment of prostate and other genitourinary tumors. By pooling their expertise, our doctors are able to make the best decisions and give the most comprehensive advice and information.
Comprehensive
The Urologic Tumor Center team at Massey offers an integrative approach with a full range of treatment options that support patients' strength and well-being while improving quality of life through treatment, recovery and survivorship. We also offer support services that range from helping minimize pain, symptoms and side effects to helping cope with the cognitive, emotional and psychological effects of cancer.
Collaborative
Cancer care generally requires multiple forms of therapy and various specialized doctors and specialists, who work as a team to treat the patient. Massey pioneered the region’s only multidisciplinary approach, in which specialists from numerous medical backgrounds collaborate in teams to coordinate all aspects and stages of patient care – and conveniently provide that care in multiple locations. This approach ensures that patients will receive the ideal combination and sequence of treatment.
Compassionate
Through respectful, attentive and compassionate care, Massey’s care team builds healing relationships with patients that help reduce suffering from cancer. We recognize that each patient’s medical, social, emotional and personal needs are unique, which is why patients have access to resources such as social workers, psychologists, legal and financial assistance, support groups, educational workshops and more.
Customized
Recognizing that each patient is unique and each type of cancer is different, Massey provides treatment strategies and care plans tailored and individualized to the patient. Patients also have direct access to a nurse navigator, who will provide guidance as they move through the health care system and treatment process.
