Cancer Care (Oncology)

Certified as a Teaching Hospital Cancer Program by the American College of Surgeons, Virginia Hospital Center offers the important advantages of a research and teaching facility:

• State of the art detection technology
• Physicians with
  • in-depth knowledge of—and access to advanced therapies and technology
  • extensive experience treating patients with various types of cancer, enabling them to provide superior medical care
• Continuous coverage provided by physician specialists who teach classes in cancer care and utilize the latest developments in cancer treatment.

Cancer Diagnosis

For more information about our personnel, technology, and diagnostic services, click here.

Treatments & Lifetime Care

The Oncology Program at Virginia Hospital Center exists to provide effective, quality and compassionate care.

Virginia Hospital Center provides a continuum of cancer care through:

Robert E. Lee Oncology Unit

Radiation Oncology

The Hitt Family Center for Radiation Oncology at Virginia Hospital Center is recognized among the most sophisticated in the country.

Outpatient Infusion Center

Imagine having all of the equipment, staff and systems an oncology patient needs in one central location. The comprehensive Rose Benté Lee Ostapenko Outpatient Oncology Center at Virginia Hospital Center now does just that.

Treating patients with various types of cancer

• Breast Cancer
  The Reinsch Pierce Family Center for Breast Health at Virginia Hospital Center is the first totally comprehensive breast health center in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
  
  
• Colorectal Cancer
  Coming to grips with a colorectal cancer diagnosis is not easy and choosing the right surgeon is one of the most important decisions a patient will make. Of the 70,000 practicing U.S. surgeons, only 1,300 are colorectal surgeons with advanced training. The Colorectal Surgery program at Virginia Hospital Center offers our patients access to board-certified colorectal surgeons.
  
  
• Endocrine Cancer
  Virginia Hospital Center offers care from specialized physicians with fellowship training in the evaluation and treatment of surgical conditions of the thyroid gland, parathyroid glands, adrenal glands, and other neuroendocrine tumors. For more information, visit Virginia Hospital Center Physician Group - Surgical Specialists.
  
  
• Gynecologic Cancers
  Virginia Hospital Center Physician Group - Gynecologic Oncology offers screenings and treatments of precancerous gynecologic diseases and cancers (uterine, ovarian, cervical and cancer of the vulva).
  
  
• Lung Cancer
  The Lung Cancer Center at Virginia Hospital Center is the only facility in the northern Virginia, DC Metropolitan area to offer a unified resource of state-of-the-art diagnostic and imaging techniques for lung cancer detection and treatment. Our physicians and surgeons recognize the importance of communication and are readily available to one another to expedite patient care with efficiency often speaking with patients within 24 hours of initial contact to the center's coordinator.
  
  
• Urologic Cancers
  Urology at Virginia Hospital Center delivers compassionate and state-of-the-art medical care for the diagnosis and management of a wide variety of genitourinary issues.
  
  
• Gastro-Intestinal, Liver & Pancreas, Sarcoma and Skin Cancers
  General surgeons at Virginia Hospital Center provide surgical procedures to treat a spectrum of conditions involving the GI tract (including the stomach, liver, pancreas, and gallbladder) as well as the skin and soft tissue (sarcoma). For more information, visit Virginia Hospital Center Physician Group - Surgical Specialists.
  
  
• Robotic Surgery
  The computer-enhanced da Vinci® Surgical System's robotic technology takes surgery beyond the limits of the human hand, introducing precise, versatile instrument movement combined with a magnified, three-dimensional view of the prostate itself.