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At Vanderbilt, our goal is to find cures for brain cancer. We are passionately working daily toward this goal. We take findings from our laboratories and translate the results into innovative therapies for patients with brain cancer. more...
What's New
- VICC Surgeon Discusses Senator Kennedy Brain Cancer
During an inaugural luncheon, Senator Ted Kennedy suffered a seizure. The Massachusetts Democrat has been diagnosed with and is undergoing treatment for brain cancer. Dr. Reid Thompson, M.D., discussed Senator Kennedy’s seizure and the challenges for patients with brain cancer during an online talk show.... - Cell Phones and Brain Tumors: Should You Worry?
Reid Thompson, M.D., director of the Vanderbilt Brain Tumor Center and Ezra Fitz, a 31-year-old Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center patient, joined Andrew Schorr of Patient Power, in a webcast wading into the swirling debate about whether cell phones induce brain cancer.... - VICC Joins Cancer 'Hot Spot' Study
Researchers at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center have joined a regional effort to determine why the Southeast is a "hot spot" for deadly brain cancers....
Innovative Technologies
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators are shedding new light on one of the factors that controls the swift spread of glioblastoma multiforme, a rare and very aggressive brain tumor. more...
