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Wide Range of Treated Tumors

The USC/Norris Neuro-Oncology Program treats a wide range of brain tumors, including primary brain and spinal malignancies and metastatic complications. More specifically, we treat the following tumor types:

Benign:

• Acoustic neuromas
• Craniopharyngiomas
• Hemangioblastomas
• Meningiomas
• Pinealomas
• Pituitary gland tumors

Malignant:

• Anaplastic and low-grade astrocytomas
• Ependymomas
• Germinomas
• Glioblastomas/ Gliosarcomas
• Glomus Jugulare Tumor
• Mixed malignant gliomas
• Meningiomas
• Oligodendrogliomas
• Primary CNS lymphomas
• Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (medulloblastoma, neuroblastoma, esthesiolneuroblastoma)

Primary Spine:

• Schwannoma
• Glioma
• Meningioma
• Ependymoma

Secondary (metastases):

• Neoplastic meningitis
• Spinal cord metastases (epidural spinal cord compression)
• Brain (parenchymal) metastases