In some cases, surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy may help to relieve any of these symptoms. In addition, a steroid medication (dexamethasone) may be recommended by your doctor to help with the following symptoms:
Tumors that start in the brain are called primary brain tumors. Tumors that start elsewhere in the body and spread to the brain are metastatic brain tumors.
Malignant (cancerous) tumors are typically rapidly growing and aggressive. Benign tumors are typically slow- growing and less aggressive. Primary brain tumors can be malignant, intermediate (between malignant and benign), or benign. Malignant primary brain tumors are dangerous because of their tendency to invade the brain, but they rarely spread outside the brain. Metastatic brain tumors are almost always malignant.
The Brain Tumor Board meets weekly on Friday morning. It provides a means for patients to benefit from the expertise of a multidisciplinary team of physicians without having to schedule evaluations by those physicians. Physicians from neuro-oncology, neurosurgery, radiation oncology, neuropathology, and neuroradiology participate on a regular basis.
Our program specializes in treating malignant or cancerous tumors such as glioblastomas, as well as non-malignant tumors of the brain for both adults and children. Our nationally recognized team uses advanced neurosurgical and radiation approaches, chemotherapy, anti-angiogenic therapy and evidence-based therapies, including clinical trials.
Neuro-Oncology Clinic at Rogel
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
1500 E. Medical Center Drive
Floor 1
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5902
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