Specialists, subspecialists, experience in bone cancer

Throughout Pennsylvania, specialists in dozens of fields refer their patients to Geisinger. 

The experience of leaders on your team here in Pennsylvania includes:

• Work at the prestigious National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health.
• Training at top medical centers in the country.
• Research, lectures, and presentations on the topics of orthopaedics and cancer.
• Publication in leading medical journals on topics such as pediatric orthopaedics, orthopaedic trauma, and sports medicine.

Geisinger’s specialists and subspecialists consult regularly with our Cancer Institute. They work closely with other research centers and top medical centers. The specialists at Geisinger in central Pennsylvania offer expertise in treating a range of malignant and benign tumors.

Benign (non-cancerous) bone tumors

Aneurysmal bone cyst
Benign vascular tumors of bone
Chondroblastoma
Chondromyxoid fibroma
Enchondromas
Histiocytosis of bone or eosinophilic granuloma (EG)
Fibrous cortical defect and non-ossifying fibroma (NOF)
Fibrous dysplasia
Giant cell tumor (GCT)
Multiple enchondromatosis
Osteoblastoma
Osteoid osteoma
Solitary osteocartilaginous exostosis (OCE) or osteochondroma
Unicameral bone cysts

Malignant bone tumors

Adamantinoma
Chondrosarcoma
Chordoma
Ewing’s sarcoma
Malignant fibrous tumors of bone
Malignant lymphomas of bone
Multiple myeloma
Osteosarcoma (osteogenic sarcoma)

Metastatic carcinoma to bone include

Impending pathological fracture
Pathological fracture

Soft Tissue Tumors

Benign (non-cancerous) soft tissue tumors:
Fibroma and fibromatosis
Ganglion or synovial cyst
Hemangioma/vascular malformation
Lipoma
Myositis ossificans
Neurofibromas and neurofibromatosis
Neurofibromatosis
Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS)

Malignant soft tissue tumors

Angiosarcoma
Fibrosarcoma
Leiomyosarcoma and rhabdomyosarcoma
Liposarcoma
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH)
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST)
Malignant schwannoma (neurofibrosarcoma)
Synovial sarcoma