ADULT NEUROONCOLOGY PROGRAM
The
Brain Tumor Clinic in
the Hollings Cancer Center provides a multidisciplinary team
of physicians who manage patients with tumors of the brain (or
intracranial) and spinal cord. Examples of benign tumors treated
include meningiomas,
pituitary tumors and acoustic
neuromas among others. Examples of malignant tumors treated
include malignant gliomas,
chordomas, and metastatic
tumors. Neurosurgeons, Radiation
Oncologists, Medical Oncologists, Neuroradiologists,
and Neuropathologists work together in the management of various
benign and malignant tumors of the central nervous system. A
Brain Tumor Board, consisting of physicians and nurses from
each of the above specialties, meets once a week to review the
progress of the patients being treated and to make further recommendations.
Treatment modalities available include image-guided surgery,
conventional and stereotactically directed radiation (Radiosurgery),
and chemotherapy.
