Types of Solid Tumors in Children and Teens

The Solid Tumor Center at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center treats children and teens with a variety of solid malignancies, from bone and soft-tissue tumors to liver and kidney tumors. Our doctors apply a multidiscplinary approach to treating solid tumors that includes surgery, interventional radiology, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. Some of the conditions we treat:

Bone tumors (also called bone sarcomas)

• Adamantinoma
• Chondrosarcoma
• Ewing sarcoma
• Osteosarcoma

Desmoid tumors

Endocrine tumors

• Adrenal tumors
• Carcinoid tumors
• Carney triad
• Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN)
• Neuroendocrine tumors
• Paragangliomas/pheochromocytomas
• Thyroid carcinoma
• Tumors of the pancreas

Germ cell tumors

• Neuroblastoma
  — including relapsed and refractory neuroblastoma