Brain & Central Nervous System Tumor Program | Cleveland Clinic Children's

Overview

Cleveland Clinic’s Children's Brain & Central Nervous System Tumor Program provides well-rounded, integrated and individualized care to children, adolescents and young adults diagnosed with pediatric brain and spinal cord tumors. Our program treats patients from all across the world.

Our program's mission

Provide the best curative and cutting-edge treatments that have the least possible side effects on our patients.
Provide early intervention in order to optimize our patients' physical and emotional recovery and reintegration into their communities.
Build a strong research foundation to advance clinical care, survival and quality of life for our patients.

Our team works in partnership with the Taussig Cancer Institute and the Neurology Institute to offer leading-edge neurosurgical and medical treatments in an age-appropriate and family-centered environment. We are committed to providing the highest quality of care tailored towards your child’s medical, physical and emotional needs. Our program offers a full range of advanced treatment options, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and radiosurgery and innovative brain tumor clinical trials.

We are heavily involved in clinical, laboratory-based and translational research. Our team collaborates with scientists from the Lerner Research Institute’s Center of Excellence in Brain Tumor Research and Therapeutic Development and is focused on developing a greater understanding of brain tumors and implementing innovative therapeutic trials.