Brain Tumor Treatment Centers

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Neuro-oncology Program

510 20th Street South, Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States

Phone number:

205-934-1432

Street address:

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Additional Information:

Data for this institution collected in 2019.

Accreditations:

  • National Cancer Institute Designation: Yes
  • Nurse Magnet Status: Yes
  • Academic Affiliation: Heersink School of Medicine - University of Alabama at Birmingham

Number of Full-Time Physicians:

Number of full-time physicians in this treatment program who dedicate at least 40% of their clinical practice to the treatment of adult patients diagnosed with brain and/or spine tumors:
  • 4 Neuro-oncologists or Medical Oncologists specializing in brain/spine tumors
  • 4 Brain Neurosurgeons
  • 1 Spine Neurosurgeons
  • 3 Radiation Oncologists
  • 3 Neuropathologists

Number of Adult Patients Treated for Brain and/or Spine Tumors Annually:

  • 400 Primary tumor patients
  • 300 Metastatic (Secondary) tumor patients

Number of Adult Patients Treated with Surgery Annually:

  • >175 Primary brain tumor patients
  • >50 Metastatic (Secondary) brain tumor patients
  • >50 Primary spine tumor patients
  • >25 Metastatic (Secondary) spine tumor patients
  • >25 Skull base tumor patients

Specialized Treatments and Technologies Available:

Identifies whether the following treatment options are offered either at this institution or at an affiliated center.

Available:

Drug:

    Imaging Treatments and Technologies:

    • MRI Spectroscopy
    • MRI Tractography
    • Perfusion MRI

    Other:

      Radiation Treatments and Technologies:

      • 3D Conformal Radiation Therapy (3D-CRT)
      • Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
      • Proton Therapy
      • Stereotactic Radiosurgery

      Surgical Treatments and Technologies:

      • Awake Craniotomy
      • Brain Mapping
      • Endoscopic Surgery
      • Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT)

      Clinical Trials:

      Investigational treatments (or other interventions) available for the categories below:
      • Low Grade Glioma
      • Meningioma
      • Metastatic Brain Tumors
      • Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma
      • Other Malignant Glioma
      • Recurrent Glioblastoma

      Support Services Available:

      Identifies whether the following clinical and non-clinical support services are offered either at this institution or at an affiliated center.

      Available:

      • Advanced practice nurse
      • Brain tumor board
      • Brain tumor support group
      • Caregiver support services
      • Discounted lodging
      • Financial aid services
      • Inpatient/Outpatient rehabilitation
      • Molecular testing
      • Neurological Intensive Care Unit (Neuro ICU)
      • Neuropsychological evaluation and/or cognitive rehabilitation
      • Oncology social worker
      • Palliative care
      • Survivorship services
      • Transportation services

      Last updated February 25, 2022