Neuro Oncology Service
Neuro Oncology Service - Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
| The Peter Mac Neuro-Oncology Service is a multidisciplinary team that offers assessment and management of patients with tumours of the central nervous system or with neurological complications of cancer. | ||||||
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| It has traditionally been a Radiotherapy Service but has an expanding Medical Oncology component. External forces have influenced neurosurgery expansion. The Service has an active radiosurgery service and it remains the choice for complex neuro-oncology radiation from the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH). The Neuro-Oncology Service is staffed by a team of dedicated specialists offering: • Integrated approach to the management of primary Central Nervous System tumours. • Multidisciplinary assessment and planning of treatment for brain metastases, including radiosurgery, surgical resection and chemotherapy. • Prompt neurosurgical/neurological opinion and intervention. • Access to clinical trials, including trials of novel therapies. • Radiosurgery for brain metastases, arteriovenous malformations, acoustic neuromas,and other suitable brain lesions. • Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for: - Acoustic neuromas - Complex arteriovenous malformations - Skull base tumours • Access to Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy • Special interest in treatment of benign tumours - eg Acoustic neuromas, meningiomas, chordomas. Within this website, you will find useful information on different types of neurological cancer types including: treatments, (surgery, radiation therapy and medical oncology), useful links and profile of our supportive team here at Peter Mac. | ||||||
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