UC San Diego Health has an internationally recognized team of experts in neuro-oncology, neurosurgery, radiation oncology, neuroradiology, neuropathology and neuroimaging for the comprehensive research and treatment of benign and malignant brain tumors, including glioblastoma.
The region’s only comprehensive brain tumor program, we provide a compassionate team approach to patients with primary brain tumors or neurologic complications of cancer.
With the world's latest neuroimaging technology, systems and software, our specialists are guided by distinct three-dimensional scans of the brain.
Advanced technology means faster, accurate diagnoses and precision treatment of brain tumors and their complications.
Comprehensive Services
- Accurate diagnoses with the help of expert neurological evaluations and the most advanced imaging techniques specifically for brain tumors
- Consultations with neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists and neuro-oncologists to develop a coordinated treatment plan. Meet our brain cancer team
- A Brain Tumor Board of national and international experts who review complex cases weekly
- Innovative surgical and treatment techniques
- Molecular and genetic testing to analyze tumors and customize cancer treatments
- Second opinions on diagnoses received elsewhere
- Telehealth visits
- Neuropalliative care
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Clinical Research Opportunities
Clinical trials can offer new treatment approaches that are not otherwise available.
As San Diego's only academic health center, we provide access to pioneering clinical trials, including:
- Immunotherapy
- Anti-tumor virus therapy
- Vaccine therapy
- Drug therapy
- Surgical techniques
- Precision-based, cognitive-sparing radiation techniques
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Video: Brain Cancer Surgery Gives Patient Her Life Back
Sabrina Leamon was diagnosed with a slow-growing brain cancer called a grade II diffuse glioma. Her personalized surgery at UC San Diego Health relieved her anxiety and seizures, and restored her life at age 24.