If you develop a nodule, tumor, or overactivity of your thyroid, parathyroid, or adrenal gland, the expert endocrine tumor team at Eugene M. & Christine E. Lynn Cancer Institute can help. Our group is specially trained to perform the advanced diagnostics and procedures needed to treat – and often, cure – your cancer or relieve your symptoms.
We take a multidisciplinary approach to protecting your well-being. Together, we give you compassionate, complete care to ensure your best outcome. As your healthcare partner, we’ll be by your side every step of your health journey.
Rachel Slotcavage, M.D.
A Team Approach to Sophisticated Surgical Care
Endocrine nodules and tumors can affect several parts of your life, including the way you eat, sleep, speak, and feel. When you’re diagnosed with an endocrine growth, you need prompt, knowledgeable care. You can be confident you’ll get that from Baptist Health.
We have the most experienced endocrine tumors team in Palm Beach County. Additionally, as the only group based in a cancer center, we collaborate with endocrinologists, pathologists, radiologists, medical and radiation oncologists, thoracic surgeons and surgical oncologists. Through these partnerships, we create the best treatment plan for your unique needs.
Convenient Access to Comprehensive Care
Our dedicated team streamlines your endocrine care experience. You don’t need a specific referral to make an appointment. Any physician — your primary care provider, gynecologist, cardiologist, or another specialist — can send you to us if they suspect you have an endocrine tumor or overactivity of an endocrine organ.
In most cases, we can schedule your first appointment within a few weeks. During your initial visit for thyroid or parathyroid disease, our surgeon performs an in-office ultrasound of your thyroid or parathyroid glands and surrounding lymph nodes. This means you won’t need to schedule a separate radiology appointment. While the surgeon is performing the ultrasound, you will immediately be informed of the results and the next best step in your care: biopsy, surgery, or further testing or imaging may be needed. If biopsy is needed, the procedure can be performed at that same appointment. Scheduling of surgery or additional testing will take place that day as well.
Based on these test results, we deliver an accurate, timely diagnosis that ensures you get the treatment you need as soon as possible. Our goal is to reduce your symptoms and their effect on your body so you can get back to feeling like your regular self.
Clinical Trials
At Lynn Cancer Institute, we treat cancer in today’s patients and offer hope for those who may get the disease in the future. Through clinical trials, we study promising new ways to diagnose and treat cancer. As our patient, you have access to trials and treatments that aren’t widely available elsewhere.
If a clinical trial may be right for you, we’ll talk with you about the potential benefits and risks. We make your overall well-being and safety our top priority if you choose to participate.