Links to information about benign tumors of the brain, spine, and peripheral nerves including meningioma, epidermoid, dermoid, hemangioblastoma, colloid cyst, subependymal giant cell astrocytoma, pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, and craniopharyngioma. For more information about how you can contribute to the cure for brain tumors click here. See additional sources of information about malignant tumors and other tumor types in the menus to the left.

• Gamma Knife for Meningioma
• Long-Term Outcomes after Meningioma Radiosurgery: Physician and Patient Perspectives. Douglas Kondziolka, M.D., M.Sc., FRCS(C), Elad I. Levy, M.D., Ajay Niranjan, M.Ch., John C. Flickinger, M.D., L. Dade Lunsford, M.D. UPMC Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, PA.
• Surgery for Medial Sphenoid Wing Meningioma
• Surgery for Tuberculum Sellae Meningioma
• Surgical Management of Cranial and Spinal Meningiomas, by Robert G. Ojemann, M.D.
  • Introduction to the therapy of Meningiomas
  • General Considerations in Management of Meningiomas
    • Surgery of Meningiomas
    • Radiation Therapy of Meningiomas
    • Observation of Meningiomas
  • Summary of Dr. Robert Ojemann's Meningioma Series
    • Olfactory Groove Meningioma
    • Tuberculum Sellae Meningioma
    • Medial Sphenoid Wing Meningioma (Cliniodal Meningioma,)
    • Middle Ridge Sphenoid Wing Meningioma
    • Hyperostosing Sphenoid Wing Meningioma
    • Optic Sheath Meningioma
    • Floor of Frontal Fossa Meningioma
    • Middle Fossa Meningioma
    • Cavernous Sinus Meningioma
    • Parasagittal Meningioma
    • Falcine (Flax) Meningioma
    • Cerbral Convexity Meningioma
    • Intraventricular Meningioma
    • Clivus and Petroclival Meningioma
    • Tentorial Meningioma
    • Cerebellopontine Angle Meningioma
    • Cerebellar Convexity Meningioma
    • Foramen Magnum Meningioma
    • Spinal Meningioma
  • Meningioma References
• Brain Tumor Support Groups
  • American Brain Tumor Association Homepage
  • National Brain Tumor Foundation
  • The Brain Tumor Society in Boston, MA
  • Brain Tumor Support Group of the Carolinas and Virginia meets monthly in Winston-Salem.
• Internet Brain Tumor Support Groups
  • Brain tumor mailing list (BRAINTMR@mitvma.mit.edu)
  • Al Musella, D.P.M. maintains a listing of Clinical Trials and Protocols as well as other information of interest at the excellent VirtualTrials site.
    • Brain Tumor Support Groups
    • On-line Support Groups
• The New WHO Classsification of Central Nervous System Tumors
• Acoustic neuroma and other cerebellopontine angle(cpa) and skull base tumors
• Pituitary tumor (adenoma, carcinoma) information
• Neurofibromatosis (type I, VonRecklinghausen's disease) information
• Tuberous sclerosis resources (subependymal giant cell astrocytoma)
• Von Hippel-Lindau disease resources (hemangioblastoma)
• Spine tumor information

Additional Wake Forest Neuro-oncology Information Resources

• The New WHO Classsification of Central Nervous System Tumors
• Malignant brain and spine tumors such as glioblastoma, anaplastic astrocytoma.
• Acoustic neuroma and other cerebellopontineangle (cpa) and skull base tumors
• Pituitary tumor (adenoma, carcinoma) information
• Neurofibromatosis (type I, Von Recklinghausen's disease) information
• Tuberous sclerosis/subependymal giant cell astrocytoma resources
• von Hippel-Lindau disease/hemangioblastoma resources
• Spine tumor information

Also see the more general brain tumor resources listed in our Brain Tumor Index