Eventually, the real hope is to find out what causes brain tumors and to prevent them altogether. The Brain Tumor Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital is dedicated to the highly specialized care of patients with brain tumors. The center offers a distinctive environment where the study of brain tumors combines numerous specialties to deliver sophisticated, compassionate care. Assembled by Robert Ojemann, MD, the center's director, the core group consists of a range of clinicians working under the umbrella of the MGH Cancer Center, from the Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Radiation Oncology. The group also works closely with the departments of Neuropathology and Neuroradiology.
Patients receive the most sophisticated care available.
This team approach enables the patient's physician to draw on the expertise and experience of the center's many skilled caregivers when recommending treatment. Robert Ojemann, MD, right is one of the world's most renowned brain surgeons. The Brain Tumor Center works in partnership with the Molecular Neuro-Oncology Laboratories to create a remarkably strong resource for advances in the treatment of brain tumors. Scientists at the center seek to understand the molecular and genetic mechanisms that cause tumors to form and grow within the brain. Physicians then use this information to develop, assess and exploit new therapies for the treatment of tumors.