UC Davis Medical Center

UC Davis Primary Brain Tumor Program

2279 45th Street, Sacramento, California, 95817, United States

Phone number:

800-770-9261

Street address:

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Website:

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Additional Information:

This program meets 7/7 of the Guiding Principles for CNS Tumor Treatment Programs.

Awards/Certifications:

National Cancer Institute comprehensive designation
U.S. News & World Report, One of nation’s best hospitals for 2023-24
North American Skull Base Society Multidisciplinary Teams of Distinction

Data for this program collected in 2023.

Accreditations:

National Cancer Institute Designation: Yes
Nurse Magnet Status: Yes
Academic Affiliation: UC Davis Health - School of Medicine

Number of Full-Time Physicians:

Number of full-time physicians in this treatment program who dedicate at least 40% of their clinical practice to the treatment of adult patients diagnosed with brain and/or spine tumors:

1 Neuro-oncologists or Medical Oncologists specializing in brain/spine tumors
3 Brain Neurosurgeons
1 Spine Neurosurgeons
1 Radiation Oncologists
3 Neuropathologists

Number of Adult Patients Treated for Brain and/or Spine Tumors Annually:

203 Primary tumor patients
127 Metastatic (Secondary) tumor patients

Number of Adult Patients Treated with Surgery Annually:

157 Primary brain tumor patients
59 Metastatic (Secondary) brain tumor patients
9 Primary spine tumor patients
4 Metastatic (Secondary) spine tumor patients
46 Skull base tumor patients

Specialized Treatments and Technologies Available:

Identifies whether the following treatment options are offered either at this institution or at an affiliated center.

Available:

Drug:

Immunotherapy
Targeted therapy

Imaging Treatments and Technologies:

fMRI
MRI Spectroscopy
MRI Tractography
Perfusion MRI
Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

Other:

EEG
Tumor treating fields (TTF)

Radiation Treatments and Technologies:

3D Conformal Radiation Therapy (3D-CRT)
Hippocampal avoidance (for WBRT)
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
Intraoperative radiotherapy
Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Surgical Treatments and Technologies:

Awake Craniotomy
Brain Mapping
Endoscopic Surgery
Fluorescence-guided surgery
Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT)
Minimally Invasive Surgery

Clinical Trials:

Investigational treatments (or other interventions) available for the categories below:

Meningioma
Metastatic Brain Tumors
Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma
Recurrent Glioblastoma

Support Services Available:

Identifies whether the following clinical and non-clinical support services are offered either at this institution or at an affiliated center.

Available:

Brain tumor board
Brain tumor support group
Caregiver support services
Case manager
CNS tumor educational resources
Fellowship-trained neuro-oncologist
Inpatient rehabilitation
Molecular testing
Neurological Intensive Care Unit (Neuro ICU)
Oncology social worker
Outpatient Rehabilitation
Palliative care
Survivorship services
Transportation services

Last updated September 27, 2023

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