At the Carle Neuroscience Insitute in Urbana, patient-tailored care is the focus of our multidisciplinary team, we create a treatement plan specifically for you. Patients will be assessed by our team of specialists in one consultation visit. Our experts in all types of brain and spinal cord tumors, including the most complex skull base tumors, meet to thoroughly discuss every case as group. We formulate a customized plan from diagnosis to treatment and follow-up. With each physician focused on a different aspect of our patient's health, we can quickly identify areas of need, and subsequently manage those needs in an effective way.
Our multidisciplinary team is made up of providers from several clinical specialites;
Treatment options can include one or more of the following:
Endoscopic transnasal resection of skull base tumors
Real-time fluorescence image-guided tumor resection
Resection of brain tumor near speech cortex and motor areas (using planning with diffusion tensor imaging, functional MRI)
Awake craniotomy/brain mapping for resection of brain tumors
Delivery of local chemotherapy during resection of malignant brain tumors
Resection of complex brain tumors, including acoustic neuromas
High end technology in radiation treatments including stereotactic radiosurgery and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)
Access to clinical trials
Neurosurgery, Spine Surgery, Neurosciences
Neurosciences, Neurosurgery, Stroke
Elisabeth McClure, APRN, FNP-BC
Neurosurgery, Neurosciences
The American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA) is a trusted partner of the Carle Neuroscience Institute in Urbana. The ABTA was the first national advocacy organization committed to funding brain tumor research and providing information and education to patients, caregivers, and their loved ones.
For 50 years, the ABTA has been providing comprehensive resources that support the complex needs of brain tumor patients and caregivers, as well as the critical funding of research in the pursuit of breakthroughs in brain tumor diagnosis, treatment and care.
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