Being diagnosed with a brain tumor is a frightful experience. A patient learns that something foreign and unwanted has begun to grow inside his or her head. Fortunately, many tumors that originate
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What causes brain tumors?
By Christopher McPherson, MD After a brain tumor has been diagnosed and the shock has been absorbed, one of the first questions my patients ask is, Why did this happen? What caused
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In neurosurgery, the eye can be a window to the brain
Norberto Andaluz, MD, a Mayfield neurosurgeon and skull base specialist, has been using the eye as a surgical corridor to the brain for nearly 15 years. Dr. Andaluz is an expert
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Jenny’s story: A tumor, a dragon slayer, and the gift of time
“It was a good story,” Jenny’s husband says. “There were a lot of good things.” There wasn’t a cure, of course. There is rarely a cure for glioblastoma multiforme, the most virulent
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A master of the skull base works with skill, knowledge and humility
The bottom part of the brain – the area from your ears and nose to the base of your skull – is a labyrinth of passageways, cranial nerves, and arteries. Few understand
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Radiotherapy: Today’s technology fueling the Cancer Moonshot of tomorrow
What if a technology that already helps patients could also help the United States achieve the “Cancer Moonshot” launched by former Vice President Joe Biden? Ronald Warnick, MD, a neurosurgeon with Mayfield
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Mayfield Lecturer James Rutka, MD, PhD: New hope for treating brainstem tumor DIPG
James T. Rutka, MD, PhD, the R.S. McLaughlin Professor & Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neurosurgery, on Friday gave a
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Dr. Chris McPherson honored as 2013 Health Care Heroes finalist
Congratulations to Dr. Christopher McPherson, a finalist in the innovator category at the Cincinnati Business Courier’s 2013 Health Care Heroes banquet Tuesday night at the Duke Energy Convention Center! Dr. McPherson is
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BrainLAB Curve™ brings new level of integration, visualization to brain tumor surgery
Mayfield Clinic neurosurgeons this week adopted a significant upgrade to image-guidance technology that is now available in the operating theater at UC Health’s University Hospital in Cincinnati. The technology builds on Mayfield’s
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Daily Advances Give Brain Tumor Expert Hope
Christopher McPherson, MD, a neurosurgeon with the Mayfield Clinic and UC Brain Tumor Center, had encouraging words for those affected by brain tumors Saturday at the Cincinnati Combats Cancer event at the
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