Condition
Pediatric Brain Tumors
Key points about brain tumors
- Brain tumors start in the cells of the brain.
- Brain tumors can grow at any age. Those that grow in infants and children are very different from those in adults.
- The types of brain tumors are based on the cell type and its location in the brain.
- Some common symptoms of brain tumors are headache, nausea and vomiting, and trouble with movement.
- Most children are treated with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.
- On-going follow-up is important to watch for effects of tumors or treatment and the cancer growing back.
- Children’s National Hospital offers a full-range of pediatric brain tumor therapies including surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and targeted therapies.
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Brain Tumor Treatment at Children's National Hospital
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Providers Who Treat Brain Tumors
Daniel Aharon Donoho, MD
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Adriana Fonseca Sheridan, MD
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Eugene Ickjin Hwang, MD
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Robert Francis Keating, MD
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Lindsay B Kilburn, MD
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John Socrates Myseros, MD
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Roger J. Packer, MD
- Director, Gilbert Neurofibromatosis Institute
- Director, Brain Tumor Institute
Roger J. Packer, MD
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Evelio Perez-Albuerne, M.D., Ph.D.
- Blood and Marrow Transplant Specialist
Brian Richard Rood, MD
- Director, Clinical Neuro-Oncology
- Medical Director, Brain Tumor Institute
- Neuro-Oncologist
- Oncologist
Brian Richard Rood, MD
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Mi Ran Shin, MD, MPH
- Associate Fellowship Program Director, Rehabilitation Medicine
- Pediatric Rehabilitation Specialist
Mi Ran Shin, MD, MPH
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Hasan Raza Syed, MD
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Karin Scheetz Walsh, PsyD
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- Helping Maddie to Live Life to the Fullest
Maddie is a lively, creative teen who loves to act. Research at Children's National Hospital helps to ensure that her rare disease doesn"t upstage her big theater plans or her love of life.
Departments that Treat Brain Tumors
Experimental Therapeutics Program
With exclusive access to new treatments, the Experimental Therapeutics Program at Children’s National offers renewed hope for a good outcome to all families.
