We Need to Talk About the Location of Brain Tumors

Location matters when it comes to treatments for brain tumors and those located near the base of the skull can pose unique challenges in treatment. Watch this American Brain Tumor Association's Educational Webinar, "Skull Base Tumors 101" to learn more the diagnosis and management of skull base tumors.

This webinar is presented by Gabriel Zada, MD, MS, Neurosurgery Professor at the USC Keck School of Medicine and Director of the USC Brain Tumor Center.

-Video Contents-

0:00 Introduction
1:24 SKULL BASE TUMORS 101
3:04 SIDE (SAGITTAL) VIEW OF THE SKULL BASE
5:36 WEEKS POSTOP
5:44 YEARS POSTOP, S/P PROTON BEAM THERAPY
6:05 COMMON SKULL BASE TUMORS
7:31 GENERAL APPROACH AND STRATEGIES FOR SKULL BASE TUMORS
10:27 TUMOR INVASION
11:07 IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS
17:59 PITUITARY ADENOMAS: CATEGORIZATION
20:58 GOALS OF SURGERY FOR PITUITARY ADENOMAS
21:33 CUSHING'S DISEASE
26:37 NONFUNCTIONAL PITUITARY ADENOMAS
28:40 CRANIOPHARYNGIOMAS: VARIABLE CLINICAL PRESENTATION
33:52 SURGICAL OUTCOMES OF EEA FOR CHORDOMA
34:56 SCHWANNOMAS/NEUROMAS
38:43 EEA TRANSCRIBRIFORM APPROACH FOR OLFACTORY NEUROBLASTOMA
39:48 SURGICAL NUANCES SURGICAL APPROACHES TO ANTERIOR SKULL BASE
42:41 UUU BRAIN TUMOR OPERATIONS
44:26 STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY
47:15 MULTIDISCIPLINARY CARE
47:37 CORE MULTIDISCIPLINARY PHYSICIAN TEAM
47:44 CONCLUSIONS

The ABTA educational webinars are designed for brain tumor patients and caregivers to learn more about brain tumor types, treatments and research. Webinars are 60 minutes and free to all who are interested. To learn about upcoming webinars, visit https://bit.ly/3xev6HE.

For more information or additional resources, contact the American Brain Tumor Association at (800) 886-2282, [email protected] or visit https://www.abta.org/.