| Close Contact with Referring Physicians |
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USC/Norris Neuro-Oncology team is dedicated to staying in close
touch with referring physicians, providing them with timely correspondence
about the status of their patients. In addition, community-based
physicians and specialists are encouraged to call our oncologic
specialties for consultations on complex cases. |
Wide Range of Treated Tumors
The USC/Norris Neuro-Oncology Program treats a wide range of brain tumors, including primary brain and spinal malignancies and metastatic complications. More specifically, we treat the following tumor types:
Benign:
• Acoustic neuromas
• Craniopharyngiomas
• Hemagioblastomas
• Meningiomas
• Pinealomas
• Pituitary gland tumorsMalignant:
• Anaplastic and low-grade astrocytomas
• Ependymomas
• Germinomas
• Glioblastomas and Gliosarcomas
• Mixed malignant gliomas
• Meningiomas
• Oligodendrogliomas
• Primary CNS lymphomas
• Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (medulloblastoma, neuroblastoma, esthesiolneuroblastoma)Primary Spine
• Schwannoma
• Glioma
• Meningioma
• EpendymomaSecondary (metastases)
• Neoplastic meningitis
• Spinal cord metastases (epidural spinal cord compression)
• Brain (parenchymal metastases)
Patient
Centered Environment |
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A
key element of the USC/Norris Neuro-Oncology Program is the presence
of the clinical nurse practitioner (Dereck Ko, NP-C) who stays in
contact with the patient throughout the course of care, provides
education and information for the patient and during treatment helps
meet patient’s needs. Once the treatment is completed, Mr.
Ko helps coordinate post-treatment care as well as link the patient
to support groups and other community resources. |