Brain metastases

Departments and specialties

Mayo Clinic has one of the largest and most experienced practices in the United States, with campuses in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota. Staff skilled in dozens of specialties work together to ensure quality care and successful recovery.

Research

Mayo Clinic researchers have a long tradition of conducting research to advance the care of people with brain metastases. Successful projects have included:

• Identifying an interaction among proteins that allows cancer cells to grow and metastasize
• Studying how brain function is affected after stereotactic radiosurgery plus whole-brain radiotherapy, compared with stereotactic radiosurgery alone
• Identifying predictors of survival for people with melanoma receiving whole-brain radiation therapy for brain metastases, which helps to individualize treatment plans
• Developing guidelines for treating people with breast cancer and brain metastases
• Advancing treatment options for people with a rare type of brain metastases called leptomeningeal metastases
• Developing a method of predicting who might benefit from rehabilitation services after treatment for brain metastases

Scientists in the following Mayo Clinic's laboratories are active in brain tumor research:

• Center for Individualized Medicine
• Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics
• Motion Analysis: Kenton R. Kaufman
• Neuro-Informatics: Mohamad Bydon
• Neurology Research
• Neurosurgery Research
• Regenerative Neurobiology: Anthony J. Windebank
• Neuroregeneration and Neurorehabilitation: Isobel A. Scarisbrick
• Cell Adhesion and Metastasis: Panagiotis Z. Anastasiadis
• Translational Neuro-Oncology: Jann N. Sarkaria

Publications

See a list of publications about brain metastases by Mayo Clinic doctors on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.