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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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Triple Immunotherapy Completely Eradicates Glioma in Animal Models
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital found that combining a PD-1 inhibitor with whole tumor cell vaccination and agonist anti-OX40 antibody in a glioma animal model cured all animals and resulted in long-term survival—even after glioma rechallenge.
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Treating Intradural Spinal Tumors
In this video, Lawrence Borges, MD, discusses his interest in intradural spinal tumors, which occur inside the spinal cord. Diagnosing these tumors may require surgery, but infiltrative tumors are inoperable. Working with radiological colleagues, he hopes to find ways to diagnose these tumors without surgery.
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Mass General at #AANS2019
The 2019 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting is a global exchange for neurosurgical scientists and clinicians. Specialists from Mass General Neurosurgery will present and debate leading research and innovative treatment approaches in neurosurgical care.
Neurosurgery contributors
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Aman B. Patel, MD
Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Co-Director of the Neuroendovascular Program
Recent Article
Using Data to Predict Which Aneurysms May Burst
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Bob S. Carter, MD, PhD
Chief, Neurosurgery Service
Recent Article
New Research and Treatment Options for IDH1 Mutant Tumors
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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
Associate Director Mass General Neurosurgery ProgramRecent Article
The Mass General Neurosurgery Mission
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James D. Rabinov, MD
Neurosurgeon
Recent Article
Diagnosing, Treating and Caring for Patients with Aneurysms: Q&A with James D. Rabinov, MD
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Jean V. Coumans, MD
Neurosurgeon
Recent Article
Sacral Slope Measurement Helpful for Determining if Fusion Surgery Needed for Spondylolisthesis
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John H. Shin, MD
Director, Metastatic Spine Oncology and Spinal Deformity Surgery (Mass General Cancer Center), Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
Recent Article
The Mass General Neurosurgery Mission
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Lawrence Borges, MD
Director, Neurosurgical Spine Center
Recent Article
Treating Intradural Spinal Tumors
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William E. Butler, MD
Neurosurgeon
Recent Article
Recurrent Basilar Tip Pseudoaneurysm Treated Successfully with Flow Diversion
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William T. Curry, MD
Co-Director, Mass General Neuroscience , Director of Neurosurgical Oncology
Recent Article
Triple Immunotherapy Completely Eradicates Glioma in Animal Models
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Ziv Williams, MD
Associate Professor in Neurosurgery
Recent Article
Long-Term Visual Memory Has a Role in Suppressing Learning
Neuroscience Care at Mass General
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