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Brain SurgeryOur nationally renowned Rose Ella Burkhardt Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center was

first in the world to test a new device known as AutoLTT!"NeuroBlate! in humans that

uses a s#ecially designed laser #ro$e to heat and destroy $rain tumors%

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.ioneers in com#uter-assisted techni0ues for $rain tumor surgery since the mid-12'3s4 the

Rose Ella Burkhardt Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center5s surgeons have e6tended the

sco#e of o#era$le $rain tumors $y using techni0ues such as7

• frame of frameless stereota6y 8to #rovide a fi6ed frame of reference to assist with

com#uteri9ed navigation for locating $rain tumors:

• AutoLTT! "NeuroBlate!

• ,kull $ase techni0ues

• ;icrosurgery

• Endosco#ic surgery

• Com#uter-assisted $rain tumor surgery

• Radiation im#lants

• Radiosurgery

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The #recision surgical navigation systems $y Cleveland Clinic5s Center for Com#uter-

Assisted Neurosurgery has resulted in su$stantial reduction of wound and neurologic

mor$idity4 length of surgery4 hos#ital costs4 and length of stay for much $enign and malignant

tumor surgery% The $rain tumor surgeons4 who are interested in surgical navigation4 work

with the /e#artment of Neurosurgery to use navigation e0ui#ment from several

manufacturers%

n recent years4 Cleveland Clinic neurosurgeons have continued the #ursuit of cutting-edge

$rain tumor surgery technology with the advance use of intrao#erative ;R% The newly

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n addition to #iloting the testing of the AutoLTT"NeuroBlate device4 Burkhardt Brain

Tumor Center #hysicians wanted to ensure that #atients receive the highest-0uality imaging

availa$le during $rain surgery% The center was among the first worldwide to integrate the

AutoLTT"NeuroBlate system with advanced intrao#erative magnetic resonance imaging

8;R: technology%

;R scans #roduce detailed images of internal organs without the use of ioni9ing radiation%

Our leading-edge ;R unit generates high-resolution images in real time in a neurosurgical

o#erating room that incor#orates the AutoLTT"NeuroBlate system% This innovation allows

#hysicians to see and direct the #rogress of tumor destruction as it ha##ens4 there$y

increasing the likelihood that tumors will $e com#letely treated%

Types of Tumors

A $rain tumor is any mass or growth of a$normal cells occurring in the $rain tissue4 skull4

su##ortive tissue around the $rain4 cranial nerves4 or the #ituitary or #ineal gland%

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Brain tumors are classified as #rimary or secondary% .rimary $rain tumors develo# from $rain

tissue or the areas surrounding the $rain% ,econdary4 or metastatic4 $rain tumors are tumors

that form from cancer cells that start in another #art of the $ody4 such as the $reast or lung4

and travel to the $rain4 usually $y way of the $loodstream% ,econdary $rain tumors are more

common than #rimary $rain tumors%

;any e6#erts $elieve that a $rain tumor occurs when certain genes on the chromosomes of a

cell $ecome damaged and can no longer function #ro#erly% These genes normally regulate

how often the cell divides 8or if it divides at all: and re#air genes that $ecome defective%

Among the genes they re#air are those that tell a damaged cell that cannot re#air itself to self-

destruct%

,ome #eo#le may $e $orn with #artial defects in one or more of these genes and

environmental factors may lead to further damage% n other #eo#le4 environmental factorsmay $e the only cause of damage to the genes%

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To learn more a$out the ty#es of tumors we treat4 #lease refer to the list $elow% The goal is to

im#rove the treatment of these $rain tumors4 while moving forward toward a cure% The Rose

Ella Burkhardt Brain Tumor Center is a fine com$ination of research and clinical care7 a team

working together to offer the $est science and technology can offer for $rain tumors4 one

#atient at a time%

Metastatic

Learn how these secondary $rain tumors4 once terminal4 can now often $e controlled in

#atients%

Pediatric

,u##orted $y a .ediatric ntensive Care &nit at Cleveland Clinic Children5s4 we #rovide long-

term treatment and care for our #ediatric #atients%

Pituitary

,urgery is the most common treatment for #ituitary $rain tumors% Learn more%

Primary

;ost common ty#es of #rimary $rain tumors4 including sym#toms and treatment o#tions%

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Skull Base

Our ,kull Base Tumor .rogram has $ecome one of the largest $enign $rain tumor #rograms

in the nation4 treating over *33 new #atients with meningioma and schwannomas annually%

Spinal

=hat are s#inal tumors And how are they diagnosed

Diagnostics & Testing

Cleveland Clinic continues to colla$orate #roductively with clinical colleagues to move $rain

tumor discoveries from the $ench to the $edside as efficiently as #ossi$le%

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Brain tumors can $e diagnosed using com#uter technology that images the $rain%

Com#uteri9ed tomogra#hy 8CT: uses a com#uter and -rays to make a *-/ a6ial image of

the $rain% ;agnetic resonance imaging 8;R: creates a $rain and $rain tumor image using

magnetic fields and radio waves% ;agnetic resonance s#ectrosco#y 8;R,: shows thechemical com#osition of the $rain% Other imaging techni0ues that may $e used to assist in the

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diagnosis and treatment of a tumor include functional magnetic resonance imaging 8f;R:4

digital su$traction angiogra#hy 8/,A:4 magnetic resonance angiogra#hy 8;RA:4 #ositron

emission tomogra#hy 8.ET:4 and single #hoton electron com#uteri9ed tomogra#hy 8,.ECT:%

n addition to their usefulness at the time of initial diagnosis4 these technologies may also

allow early detection of a $rain tumor recurrence4 which facilitates earlier treatment%

;ost #atients with a $rain tumor undergo a $io#sy4 the surgical removal of a tissue sam#le

from the tumor4 either alone or as #art of the surgical removal of a tumor% A neuro#athologist

e6amines the sam#le under a microsco#e to confirm the diagnosis4 classify the tumor more

s#ecifically $y the ty#e of cells it contains4 determine how a$normal the tumor cells are

8histologic grade: and determine how 0uickly it is growing% The su$tle $ut critical differences

in cells that the #athologist detects under the microsco#e are crucial in making the correct

diagnosis4 which is used in determining further testing and a##ro#riate $rain tumor treatment

for each #atient% Today4 the microsco#ic e6amination of some tumors may $e e6tended $y

testing for changes in certain chromosomes and the #resence or a$sence of certain molecules

in the tumor cells4 which can influence treatment%

Neuroradiology Procedures:

• CT imaging of the $rain and s#ine

• ;R imaging of the $rain and s#ine including ;R #erfusion and C,@ flow and C,@

leak studies

• @unctional ;R imaging

• /iffusion Tensor imaging

• ;R s#ectrosco#y

• ;yelogra#hy

• Lum$ar #uncture

• Blood #atch

• mage-guided #ercutaneous $io#sy

• /iagnostic Angiogra#hy

• nterventional Angiogra#hy 8stenting4em$oli9ation4 throm$olysis4 #etrosal sinus

sam#ling:

• >erte$ro#lasty

• Carotid &ltrasound


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• Transcranial /o##ler

• .ET4 CT and .ET ;R imaging

• Bone ,can and other Nuclear ;edicine e6aminations

• Radiogra#hs

Treatment & Serices

;any factors including ty#e4 si9e4 and location of the $rain tumors are considered when

determining the most a##ro#riate and effective $rain tumor treatment strategy% The Center

offers a $road array of $rain tumor treatment o#tions for $oth $enign and malignant $rain

tumors

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Brain Surgery

E6tending the sco#e of o#era$le $rain tumors $y using techni0ues such as

AutoLTT"NeuroBlate%

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C!emot!erapy

Ty#es of chemothera#y used to treat tumors% Learn more%

"amma #nife

One of only a few centers in the &nited ,tates with Damma nife technology%

Personali$ed Medicine

&sing genetic information to treat #atients diagnosed with $rain and s#ine tumors%

%adiation Necrosis Clinic

Learn a$out our new clinic dedicated to treat #atients diagnosed with radiation necrosis%

%e!ailitation Serices

n colla$oration with the /e#artment of .hysical ;edicine ? Reha$ilitation4 we offer our

#atients reha$ilitation services in order to meet their changing needs%

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Brain Surgery

Our nationally renowned Rose Ella Burkhardt Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center was

first in the world to test a new device known as AutoLTT!"NeuroBlate! in humans that

uses a s#ecially designed laser #ro$e to heat and destroy $rain tumors%

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.ioneers in com#uter-assisted techni0ues for $rain tumor surgery since the mid-12'3s4 the

Rose Ella Burkhardt Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center5s surgeons have e6tended the

sco#e of o#era$le $rain tumors $y using techni0ues such as7

• frame of frameless stereota6y 8to #rovide a fi6ed frame of reference to assist with

com#uteri9ed navigation for locating $rain tumors:

• AutoLTT! "NeuroBlate!

• ,kull $ase techni0ues

• ;icrosurgery

• Endosco#ic surgery

• Com#uter-assisted $rain tumor surgery

• Radiation im#lants

• Radiosurgery

The #recision surgical navigation systems $y Cleveland Clinic5s Center for Com#uter-

Assisted Neurosurgery has resulted in su$stantial reduction of wound and neurologic

mor$idity4 length of surgery4 hos#ital costs4 and length of stay for much $enign and malignanttumor surgery% The $rain tumor surgeons4 who are interested in surgical navigation4 work

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with the /e#artment of Neurosurgery to use navigation e0ui#ment from several

manufacturers%

n recent years4 Cleveland Clinic neurosurgeons have continued the #ursuit of cutting-edge

$rain tumor surgery technology with the advance use of intrao#erative ;R% The newly

u#graded device weighs only 14


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;R scans #roduce detailed images of internal organs without the use of ioni9ing radiation%

Our leading-edge ;R unit generates high-resolution images in real time in a neurosurgical

o#erating room that incor#orates the AutoLTT"NeuroBlate system% This innovation allows

#hysicians to see and direct the #rogress of tumor destruction as it ha##ens4 there$y

increasing the likelihood that tumors will $e com#letely treated%

"amma #nife

n 12'24 Cleveland Clinic5s Radiosurgery .rogram was the first in Ohio to treat #atients with

state-of-the-art noninvasive a$lative thera#y using a modified linear accelerator% ,ince then4 a

num$er of new radiation thera#y technologies have $een introduced4 including Damma nife

.erfe6ion%

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The Damma nifeF and Damma nife radiosurgery are considered $y many to $e the Ggold

standardsH of stereotactic radiosurgery for $rain lesions4 #roviding results com#ara$le to or

$etter than conventional surgery in many cases4 without the need for a surgical incision or

#rotracted recovery in hos#ital%

Cleveland Clinic Neurosurgeons and Radiation Oncologists were the first to $ring stereotactic

radiosurgery to Ohio in August of 12'2 using a modified linear accelerator% Their e6tensive

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e6#erience in over '(( radiosurgery cases at Cleveland Clinic led them to conclude that the

$enefits of stereotactic radiosurgery would $e availa$le to more #atients $y offering Damma

nife radiosurgery as an alternative or4 in some cases as an adIunct4 to conventional

neurosurgical #rocedures% n its first year the .rogram treated *1+ cases4 making this the most

successful first-year Damma nife Center in North America at that time% Our Damma nife

Center is also one of only a handful of training centers world-wide certified $y themanufacturer of the Damma nife for training of #rofessionals for Damma nife

radiosurgery #rocedures%

n July *33K4 we were the second Center in the country to u#grade our e0ui#ment to the most

technologically advanced model availa$le4 Leksell Damma nifeF .erfe6ion!4 which

allows treatment in a wider range of anatomical structures4 im#roves treatment #lanning4

increases #atient comfort and reduces treatment time% The new e0ui#ment4 uses all image

modalities4 including .ET4 CT and ;R4 as well as reduced treatment time%

The Novalis unit further increases the ca#a$ilities within radiation oncology and allows for

radiosurgery and fractionated radiosurgery treatments for neuro-oncology #atients usingimage guidance% This technology gives us the a$ility to treat lesions near critical structures4

such as the o#tic nerves and chiasm4 as well as retreat some #atients who have undergone

conventional radiothera#y% n general4 the Damma nife is used for single treatments of

focused radiation that conforms to the sha#e of small tumors or lesions4 while the Novalis

delivers fractionated conformal treatment for larger malignant or $enign tumors%

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