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Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors
Cancer care can be complex. Augusta University Health focuses on the highly specialized care from the region's only multidisciplinary clinic dedicated to treating patients with brain and spinal tumors.
Services Cancer care can be complex. Augusta University Health focuses on the highly specialized care from the region's only multidisciplinary clinic dedicated to treating patients with brain and spinal tumors.Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors
The Brain Tumor Program offers the expertise of a highly-skilled multidisciplinary team that specializes in treating patients with benign and malignant brain and spinal cord tumors.
The Brain Tumor Program offers the expertise of a highly-skilled multidisciplinary team that specializes in treating patients with benign and malignant brain and spinal cord tumors.
Our team uses advanced knowledge and experience, sophisticated technology, procedures, and cancer therapies to treat complex brain, head, neck, and central nervous system cancers. The Brain Tumor Program strives to prolong and improve quality of life for patients with all types of that affected the nervous system, including glioblastomas, gliomas, spinal tumors, metastatic tumors, and head and neck tumors.
Brain Tumor Resource Guide: Download the comprehensive guide which outlines all the steps of your treatment and care at Georgia Cancer Center.
Teleneuro-oncology: For patients who live far away from Augusta University Medical Center, we offer virtual visits that can include ongoing management or treatment advice. These appointments are scheduled the same as in-person appointments. Call 706-721-6744.
Complex Brain Metastasis Clinic: A multidisciplinary clinic for patients with complicated issues involving spread of other cancers to the brain and spine.
Skull Base Tumors: Surgical specialists in neurosurgery, radiosurgery, and head and neck surgery have special interest and expertise in skull base tumors, including vestibular schwannoma, meningioma, chordoma, craniopharyngioma, and many others.
Pituitary Tumors: Our neurosurgeons are skilled in removing pituitary tumors, typically with an approach through the nose. Neuroendocrinology and neuro-oncology expertise is available, as is specialized radiation oncology treatmentswhen required.
Neurofibromatosis Clinic: This is a subspecialty clinic for patients of all ages who have neurofibromatosis type 1 or type 2, tuberous sclerosis, or von Hippel Lindau syndrome. These patients require care in a clinic with special expertise in these hereditary disorders.
Paraganglioma/Pheochromocytoma Clinic: The Paraganglioma/Pheochromocytoma Clinic (PGG-PCC) at Augusta University Health and Medical College of Georgia brings together a multidisciplinary team of specialists to help patients who have been diagnosed with tumors of the autonomic nervous system or who are concerned about the possibility of this diagnosis based on imaging, laboratory findings, genetic test results, or family history.
VHL Clinical Care Center: Von Hippel Lindau syndrome (VHL) is a rare hereditary cancer disorder in which tumors arise in the cerebellum, skull base, spinal cord, and kidneys, as well as other sites in the body. Diagnosis and management of patients with VHL is best conducted in a dedicated clinical center, such as the one based at the Georgia Cancer Center.
We conduct innovative clinical trials using medication approaches including immunotherapy for patients with newly diagnosed or recurrent brain tumors.
Augusta University Medical Center specialists provide care and support throughout your entire healthcare journey.
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