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Cardiac Tumors

Cardiac tumors are rare. That’s why it’s important to be treated at a center that has a lot of experience with cancer of the heart.

Middle aged man with hand on his chest due to heart pain (stock image)

Why Winship for Your Cardiac Tumor

Cardiac tumors are quite rare, and most of them are benign (noncancerous). Still, even benign cardiac tumors can cause serious heart problems if left untreated. That’s why it’s important to be treated quickly at a center that specializes in cardiac tumors and heart cancer.

Cardiac tumors are quite rare, and most of them are benign (noncancerous). Still, even benign cardiac tumors can cause serious heart problems if left untreated. That’s why it’s important to be treated quickly at a center that specializes in cardiac tumors and heart cancer.

As with other rare diseases, experience is everything. Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, in collaboration with Emory Heart and Vascular Center, treats more cardiac tumors than any other center in Georgia. That means we have the expertise to treat your cardiac tumor — which is what really matters.

Our cardiologists and oncologists are experts in the diagnosis and treatment of heart cancer and understand that every patient’s cardiac tumor is unique. We have world-class cardiac surgeons who can perform the most complex heart procedures to remove cardiac tumors. And, when necessary, we’ll recommend investigational treatments that aren’t available elsewhere to keep your heart cancer from returning.

Dedicated Cardiac Tumor Specialists

Every member of your care team — including your pathologist, medical oncologist, radiation oncologist, surgeon and cardiologist — is an expert in not only cancer, but specifically in cardiac tumors. We see numerous patients with heart cancer each year — more than any other cancer center in Georgia.

Diagnostics That Go Deeper

Your individual treatment plan depends on an accurate and precise diagnosis. Our team of experts uses the latest imaging technology to get the clearest possible look at your cardiac tumor to determine whether it’s malignant or benign. And our pathologists use advanced techniques to analyze heart cancer down to the molecular level to help determine your prognosis.

Tailored Cardiac Tumor Treatment Planning

Once we’ve profiled your specific cardiac tumor, our team will come together to design a treatment plan targeting your heart cancer with precise, powerful treatments — all while keeping side effects to a minimum. We’ll take into account your overall health and quality of life when determining whether surgery is appropriate or if nonsurgical treatments would be better tolerated.

Treatment You Can't Get Anywhere Else in Georgia

Our cardiac surgeons have the skill and expertise to remove cardiac tumors that other centers can’t, often using minimally invasive techniques. And with more clinical trials than any other cancer center in the state — including Phase 1 trials, which feature the newest therapies — you’ll have access to the most advanced and innovative treatments and resources for treating your heart cancer.

More Promising Outcomes

While we have better survival rates as compared with non-NCI-designated centers, we know that living with a cardiac tumor can be a challenge. We focus on lowering rates of recurrence and strive to deliver treatment with fewer side effects. Cancer is a tough diagnosis to hear, but we’re here to help you through it.

Support Every Step of the Way

In addition to your clinical partners, at Winship you’ll have an array of supportive care specialists on your care team for you and your family to lean on. Our social workers, counselors and more do everything in their power to support you throughout your cancer experience.

I really feel blessed, a second chance on life.

Dave, a renal cancer survivor
Dave, renal cancer survivor