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Brain Tumor Center

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The Brain Tumor Center at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center treats patients with all types of neurologic malignancies, including:

• Malignant gliomas, including glioblastoma
• Medulloblastoma
• Oligodendroglioma
• Meningioma
• Tumors metastatic to the brain
• Pituitary tumors

Evaluating all the Options

Our patients have access to the most advanced treatment options available. Each patient is seen and evaluated by our multidisciplinary team of experienced neuro-oncology specialists, including a neurosurgeon, medical oncologist, neurologist, radiation oncologist, radiologist and dedicated nurse coordinator.

These experts work together throughout the treatment process to ensure that patients receive the highly individualized program of care they need while undergoing complex, aggressive therapies. The team meets to:

• Evaluate patient profiles
• Review and discuss treatment plans
• Examine new developments in therapies that could benefit patients

• Our Neuro-Oncology Treatment Team
• Diagnostic and Treatment Services
• Gamma Knife Center -- Non-invasive radiosurgery for brain tumors
• Read a Spine Tumor Patient Success Story
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This page was last updated on: September 23, 2009.

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