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Neuro-oncology program

At St. Luke's Neuroscience Center, a multi-disciplinary team of experts provides compassionate care for patients with tumors of the brain, spine and peripheral nerves. Pituitary tumors, acoustic neuromas, primary and secondary metastatic brain tumors are just some of the anomalies we diagnose and treat.

Once a diagnosis is made, team members consult, and together determine the most appropriate course of treatment. Treatment plans are then mapped out with input from the patient and his/her family members. This team approach is generally the best way to obtain accurate diagnosis and provide optimal treatment for brain tumors.

Typically, treatment begins with the least invasive form and moves toward more aggressive intervention as warranted. St. Luke's Neuroscience Center is also actively involved in research into the causes, biology and treatment of cancer affecting the nervous system, offering patients advanced treatment options.

While our Neuro-oncology team focuses on treating primary and metastatic tumors of the nervous system, they treat benign tumors as well, including:

• Meningioma
• Epidermoid
• Dermoid
• Hemangioblastoma
• Colloid cysts
• Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma
• Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma
• Craniopharyngioma

We also provide care for the neurologic complications of cancer.

Diagnostics

With the latest neuroimaging tools and techniques at their disposal, our specialists can take the most accurate diagnostic biopsies possible, and subsequently achieve maximum resection of malignant or benign tissues. Pre-operative imaging results are often supplemented by intraoperative functional mapping and physiologic monitoring when needed to achieve maximum tumor removal. Among our state-of-the-art imaging tools are:

• Functional MRI
• MRI Spectroscopy
• Magnetic Resonance
• Angiography (MRA)
• CT
• CT Angiography
• Diamox single-proton emission computed tomography (SPECT)

Treatment options

Depending on size and location, tumors can be treated with one or a combination of techniques, including:

• Open surgery. Often the preferred method if the tumor is in a location where it can be removed without causing neurological damage.
• Radiosurgery. Focuses a high dose of radiation to kill tumor cells inaccessible by surgical means.
• Chemotherapy and immunotherapy. Uses chemicals and the body's own immune system to fight the disease. Immunotherapy has been used with good results in treating renal cell carcinoma, melanoma, colon, breast, ovarian, prostate, lung and other solid tumors.

For more information call 888-649-6892.

St. Luke's Neuroscience Center
Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
2900 W. Oklahoma Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53215
Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Mon. - Fri.