Researchers Determine New Accomplice in Brain Tumors—and Catch Our Neurosurgeons’ Attention

Researchers Determine New Accomplice in Brain Tumors—and Catch Our Neurosurgeons’ Attention

Scientists are excited because in a recent study they found a brain tumor growing in a new way. Altered—or mutated—genes cause brain tumors, and scientists have a growing list of these genes. When a tumor occurs, they analyze the tumor to find those defective genes,...
Using a Team Approach to Research Glioblastoma Treatment

Using a Team Approach to Research Glioblastoma Treatment

Advances in medicine are very often the result of a group effort. This is certainly true of brain tumor research, where physicians and scientists in several specialties work together. Neurosurgeons from Columbia University Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital,...
Our Neurosurgeons Lead the Way at 84th AANS Annual Scientific Meeting

Our Neurosurgeons Lead the Way at 84th AANS Annual Scientific Meeting

For five days, several neurosurgeons from Columbia University Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital will experience a new set of big-city lights and sounds. They will gather in Chicago with many of the brightest minds from across the United States and around...
Brain Tumor Study Confirms: Experienced Surgeons are Safer Surgeons

Brain Tumor Study Confirms: Experienced Surgeons are Safer Surgeons

A study published this month in the Journal of Neurosurgery has some good news for our patients. The study examined complication rates after brain tumor surgery. The results are starkly in our favor. The study found far fewer complications for hospitals and doctors...