Overview

Retroperitoneal tumors are rare forms of cancer attacking the space behind the peritoneum, which is the membrane lining the abdominal cavity. This type of cancer typically presents concurrently with advanced disease in another hard to access location. 

Specialty care

Treatment options

Treatment options include surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.

 

Care team

Profiles

Mohammad Mahmoud, MD

Urologic Oncologist Urology
747 N. Rutledge Street 5th Floor Springfield, IL 62702

 

 

Clinical trials

You can be the future of medicine

At SIU Medicine, our physicians and scientists conduct clinical trials and research studies with the aim of translating findings into new, more effective treatments.