The most important criteria for choosing a children's hospital to care for a child with a solid tumor is to select a hospital that can offer the full range of diagnostic and treatment resources. Although many solid tumors are very rare, the staff at the Solid Tumor Oncology Program specializes specifically in providing care for children diagnosed with a solid tumor. You can expect your U-M care team to be particularly well-informed regarding the treatment of these conditions, with expertise even in the most rare tumors and the experience needed to design customized, effective treatment plans.

Our leadership in basic research and clinical trials gives us unique understanding of the causes and factors at play in the case of a diagnosis of a solid tumor. This allows us to make a particularly well qualified and well-informed, evidence-based treatment plan.

Our single, coordinated clinic setting gives families the confidence and convenience of knowing that their child’s care will be truly coordinated, with exams, treatment and follow up appointments streamlined for efficiency of care and convenience for you and your family. Our oncology program is ranked among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report year after year.

Our Team

Because our team of pediatric specialists treats so many children with complex solid tumors, we are particularly well-versed in the treatment of these conditions and have special expertise in even the rarest tumors. Each member of our care team is a dedicated pediatric subspecialist, with specialization in the care of children with solid tumors.

Our care team includes specialists in:

• Pediatric oncology
• Pediatric surgery
• Pediatric radiology and interventional radiology
• Pediatric otolaryngology (ENT)
• Pediatric urology
• Pediatric radiation oncology
• Pediatric anesthesia
• Pain and palliative care
• Pathology
• Psychology
• Social work
• Physical therapy and occupational therapy
• Nutrition

We also offer child life specialists to work with children to help kids be kids throughout their diagnosis and treatment, using activities and play to support them and their families in developing coping skills, minimizing stress and anxiety, and reducing fear and isolation.

Our dedicated Solid Tumor Oncology Program advanced practice provider is available to guide you and your family through the entire process of diagnosis and treatment. The advanced practice provider is a convenient point of contact who will be there with you every step of the way, coordinating tests and consultations, ensuring tight communication among members of the medical team, and helping your family become familiar with the diagnosis and plan of care, as well as helping you access any support and resources that can help you along your journey.

Whenever possible, we work closely with your family’s referring physician and general care practitioners to coordinate care and keep appropriate aspects of your child’s care close to home.

We also work together with the specialists in the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center to coordinate care during your child’s transition to adult-care, working alongside the patient and family to determine when it’s time and ensuring the transition is seamless.

The Solid Tumor Oncology Program at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital offers second opinion consultations for families whose child has been given a diagnosis of a suspected solid tumor.

Learn more about the Solid Tumor Oncology Second Opinion Program

For more information or to make an appointment, call 734-936-9814.