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Featured
Nerve Transfer Boosts Recovery After Brachial Plexus Injury
For patients with brachial plexus injuries, a Mass General neurosurgeon is innovating nerve transfers that can restore function to paralyzed arms.
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How Liquid Biopsy Could Improve Brain Tumor Treatment and Diagnoses
Mass General doctors are developing a liquid biopsy for brain tumors to reduce the need for invasive tissue biopsies.
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Surviving Gliomas Through Antibodies and Vaccination
Immunotherapy for glioma is under active investigation, but tumor-associated immunosuppression is a major obstacle. A Mass General team studied an investigational monoclonal antibody in mice with glioma, alone and in combination with tumor cell vaccination.
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Pathways Case Report: A Case of Unusually High Penetrance of a Classic Thrombophilia Mutation
A 65-year-old woman with known heterozygous prothrombin G20210A mutation (PGM) with a family history of stroke presented to the hospital with shortness of breath and chest pain despite taking prophylactic anticoagulation therapy.
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Improving Outcomes for Patients With Drug-resistant Epilepsy Through Surgery
Although current surgical approaches for treating drug-resistant epilepsy are already good, researchers at the Brigham are focused on developing treatments that are even more effective and less invasive. John David Rolston, MD, PhD, director of Epilepsy Surgery, highlights some of these promising efforts.
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Case Series: Intraventricular Infusion of Dual-targeting CAR T-Cells for Glioblastoma
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers showed rapid, dramatic radiographic responses in three patients with glioblastoma who received intraventricular infusion of CAR T-cells that targeted both EGFR variant III and wild-type EGFR. In two of the patients, however, the effects were transient.
Neurosurgery Contributors
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Aman B. Patel, MD
Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Co-Director of the Neuroendovascular Program
Recent Article
Case Report: Direct Burr Hole Access for Embolization of Dural Arteriovenous Fistula
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Bob S. Carter, MD, PhD
Chief, Neurosurgery Service
Recent Article
Co-transplantation of Regulatory T Cells Improves Cell Replacement Therapy for Parkinson's Disease
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Brian V. Nahed, MD, MSc
Neurosurgical Oncology / Brain Tumor Surgeon / Mass General Brain Tumor Center, Neurosurgical Spinal Disorders, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Director, Mass General Neurosurgery Residency ProgramRecent Article
Cadaver-free Simulation Model Feasible for Improving Residents' Craniotomy Skills
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Daniel P. Cahill, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital, Neurosurgical Oncologist, Mass General Cancer Center
Recent Article
Rare IDH2-mutant Glioma Shares Common Molecular Targets With IDH1-mutant Glioma
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