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.
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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
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