Skin cancer treatment
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center offers tremendous advantages and expertise in the care of skin cancers. Our medical team is composed of specialists from multiple fields who all have expertise in skin cancer and collaborate to develop the most effective treatment plan for each patient. Many of our doctors are also active scientists, participating in cutting-edge research in our labs and through collaborative clinical trials offered only at National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers like Massey.
Combined with a compassionate and patient-centered approach to care, this expertise and access to cutting-edge clinical trials and treatment options is why Massey is your best choice for the treatment of melanoma and other skin cancers.
Leading-edge care for melanoma and other skin cancers
Massey features an award-winning medical team dedicated to caring for patients with all forms of skin cancers, including melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, Merkel cell carcinoma and other rare skin cancers. We offer a level of expertise and experience only found at the top 4 percent of cancer centers across the country recognized as National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Centers. Massey is the only center in the Richmond area, and the first of only two in Virginia, designated by the NCI to lead and shape America’s cancer research efforts.
Benefits of Massey’s care:
- Rapid, accurate diagnosis and evaluation
- Comprehensive and state-of-the-art therapies such as immunotherapies and targeted therapies
- Cutting-edge clinical trials testing new and promising treatments, such as melanoma vaccines, novel interventions and adoptive cell-transfer therapies
- Customized treatment plans recommended by a multidisciplinary team of specialists collaborating and coordinating all aspects and stages of care
- Advanced imaging, including 3T MRI, PET, CT and advanced interventional radiology procedures
- Genetic testing, counseling and surveillance of high-risk stage 1 and 2 melanomas
- Survivorship care following treatment for long-term side effects
- A dedicated nurse navigator to guide you through care transitions
- Physical and occupational therapy and palliative care (pain and symptom management)
- A variety of integrative health, supportive care and social work resources for you and your loved ones
- Respectful, attentive and compassionate care