Brain Tumors

UCSF Medical Center has one of the largest brain tumor centers in the nation. With recent advances in treatments, the outlook for patients with brain and spinal cord tumors has significantly improved.

The UCSF Brain Tumor Center offers a technique called brain mapping to create a detailed surgical path as well as the Gamma Knife and CyberKnife that deliver high doses of radiation precisely to their targets. Our experts use advanced surgical navigation and interactive image-guided microscopes in addition to brain mapping techniques when removing tumors.

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan, which provides a view through the skull, allows our surgeons to get computerized images of the brain while performing surgery. Other new technologies, such as sophisticated 3-dimensional techniques, are used by our radiation oncologists to target tumors more precisely. And new spine tumor treatments, including chemotherapy, tumor vaccines and surgery, mean more hope for the future.

Read profiles of our patients and the treatments they received.

For more information or to make an appointment, please call:
Neuro-Oncology Clinic (415) 353-2966

You may need a referral from your primary care doctor. Please check with your health insurance representative.

Visit our online bookstore to see books written and recommended by the staff of the UCSF Cancer Resource Center.

Information about pediatric brain tumors is available on the UCSF Children's Hospital site.  

Reviewed by health care specialists at UCSF Medical Center.
Last updated November 16, 2007