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Brain & central nervous system cancers: Personalized care for each patient
Mayo Clinic's multidisciplinary team of experts discusses developments in diagnostic tools, imaging, neurosurgery, and radiation therapy that allow them to create personalized care plans for people with brain and central nervous system cancers.
Advancements in epilepsy diagnostics and treatment
Jamie J. Van Gompel, M.D., and Gregory A. Worrell, M.D., Ph.D., describe advanced diagnostics and sophisticated imaging techniques that, when used to detect or focus on the abnormalities causing epilepsy, can help guide treatment options.
The uncommon lesion: Dural fistula
Arteriovenous dural fistulas are rare and often misdiagnosed. Giuseppe Lanzino, M.D., a neurosurgeon at Mayo Clinic's campus in Rochester, Minnesota, discusses the importance of detection and proper treatment options.
Unlocking the power of gene expression: Molecular classification of brain tumors
Mayo Clinic physicians and researchers discuss how the molecular makeup of brain tumors can be used to identify five categories of gliomas, each with different clinical features and outcomes.
The BRAIN initiative, deep stimulation and diamonds
Neurosurgeon Kendall H. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., discusses limb reanimation after spinal cord injury with Kevin E. Bennet, Ph.D., M.B.A., Engineering chair at Mayo Clinic's campus in Rochester, Minnesota.
Neurotechnology to restore function after spinal cord injury
Peter J. Grahn, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic predoctoral student, Neurobiology Disease Track, and Kendall H. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., professor of neurosurgery at Mayo Clinic, discuss Dr. Grahn's background and research. In 2005 he experienced a cervical ...
Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), treatment considerations and options
Benjamin L. Brown, M.D., cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgeon at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida, talks about AVMs, their relationship to stroke, current controversy over treatments and options for therapy.
Jamie J. Van Gompel, M.D., a neurosurgeon at Mayo Clinic's campus in Rochester, Minnesota, describes skull base surgery.
18-fluorodeoxyglucose PET in people with active myelopathy
Eoin P. Flanagan, M.B., B.Ch., discusses his article appearing in the November 2013 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, which suggests that PET scans may give a clue to the underlying etiology in patients with spinal cord disease.