You are at the center of everything we do at Fred Hutch Cancer Center. Here, we surround you with a team of specialists from the Fred Hutch Endocrine Tumor Clinic and UW Medical Center Endocrine Clinic. Your team works together closely to provide expert care and compassionate support throughout your treatment and beyond.
Because our experts see so many people with thyroid and parathyroid cancer, we have a deep understanding of how to evaluate your condition and how to select and combine treatments to get the best possible results — even for rare cancers that many physicians in the community never see once in their career, like parathyroid cancer.
Why Choose Fred Hutch?
Experienced Parathyroid Specialists
Your skilled and highly experienced team includes surgeons, endocrinologists, nuclear medicine doctors, pathologists, medical and radiation oncologists and dedicated nurses. These UW Medicine specialists work together closely to plan and coordinate all your care so it’s thorough and also easier on you.
Comprehensive Parathyroid Cancer Treatment
We follow guidelines from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network to make sure you receive the treatments you need (and none that you don’t). We offer a full range of treatments, including surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy for your cancer as well as treatments for a common effect of parathyroid cancer — a high level of calcium in your blood (hypercalcemia).
A National Leader in Cancer Care
Fred Hutch is the leading cancer treatment center in the region and among the top nationally, according to U.S. News & World Report.
NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center
We are a comprehensive cancer center, a designation from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) that reflects our scientific leadership and the depth and breadth of our research to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer.
Learn About Parathryroid Cancer
Parathyroid cancer is very rare. Most cases of parathyroid disease, including almost all cases of overactive parathyroid, are not cancer. At Fred Hutch, our endocrine tumor specialists — all UW Medicine physicians — have experience evaluating and treating people whose disease is cancer related.
Parathryroid Cancer Treatment
Fred Hutch treats the full range of cancers that can affect endocrine glands, including your parathyroid glands. Our endocrine tumor experts are UW Medicine physicians who also see patients at UW Medical Center - Montlake. They work together closely to provide coordinated, world-class treatment for you.
Parathryroid Cancer Care Team
At Fred Hutch, you receive care from a team of providers with extensive experience in your disease. Your team includes physicians, a patient care coordinator, a registered nurse, an advanced practice provider and others, based on your needs. You also have access to experts like nutritionists, social workers, acupuncturists, psychiatrists and more who specialize in supporting people with cancer or blood disorders.
Latest Treatments and Clinical Trials
We bring promising new treatments to patients. For parathyroid cancer patients, this means more treatment options at Fred Hutch than you might find elsewhere, including the chance to participate in one of many ongoing clinical trials conducted at Fred Hutch and UW Medicine.
Many patients at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center receive promising therapies by taking part in clinical trials. These research studies are done by physician-scientists from Fred Hutch and UW Medicine. They test new treatments or new ways to use current treatments.
Every advance in cancer treatment in recent years has come out of clinical trials. We offer more active clinical trials than anywhere else, which means more treatment options for patients like you.
For some people, taking part in a clinical study may be the best treatment choice. Access to clinical studies by researchers at Fred Hutch and UW Medicine is one reason many patients come to us for care.
