The Moores Cancer Center’s Brain Tumor Unit offers a multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis and treatment of malignant and benign brain tumors, as well as non-tumorous lesions. 

Treatment options include surgery, conventional conformal and focused radiation (stereotactic radiosurgery with Gamma Knife and LINAC-Pinnacle) and chemotherapy, as well as clinical trials using novel and experimental therapies.

The faculty has extensive experience in treating brain tumors and providing a comprehensive management plan for patients at all stages of their illness.

Conditions Treated At UCSD:

• Glioma
• Astrocytoma
• Glioblastoma multiforme
• Oligoendroglioma
• Oligoastrocytoma
• Ependymoma
• Meningioma
• Pituitary tumors
• Medulloblastoma (PNET, primitive neuroectodermal tumor)
• Craniopharyngioma
• Pineal tumors
• Germinoma
• Acoustic neuroma
• Brain metastases
• Arteriovenous malformations (AVM)
• Cavernous angiomas

Special Treatment Programs

• Microsurgery
• Image Guided Surgery
• Stereotactic Biopsy
• Skull Based Microsurgery
• Trans-sphenoidal surgery
• Stereotactic Radiation
• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
• Linear Accelerator Radiosurgery
• Conformal Fractionated Stereotactic Radiation Therapy