Oligodendroglioma

Oligodendroglioma care at Mayo Clinic

Why choose Mayo Clinic?

At Mayo Clinic, you'll find:

World-class experts who listen and care about your health goals.
A care team that works together to treat the whole person, not just the illness.
Fast access to specialized tests, advanced technology and proven treatments.
A focus not only on medicine but also on wellness and support.

Mayo Clinic experts treat more than 7,000 adults and children with brain and central nervous system cancers, including brain cancer, each year. You can be confident you're in expert hands. With expertise in surgery and noninvasive treatment, as well as watchful waiting, your team at Mayo Clinic offers the widest range of treatment options available, including surgery, proton beam therapy, chemotherapy and innovative clinical trials.

If your treatment plan includes surgery, our surgeons have experience in all aspects of oligodendroglioma surgery. Mayo Clinic neurosurgeons perform more than 1,000 brain tumor surgeries each year. They use the latest technological advances, including computer-assisted brain surgery, intraoperative MRI, awake brain surgery and lasers. Your team takes the time to understand your cancer and works with you to develop a treatment plan that meets your needs.

The precise and accurate diagnosis of your oligodendroglioma is essential to getting you the right treatment. At Mayo Clinic, your oligodendroglioma care team has the experience and knowledge to make an accurate diagnosis. Mayo Clinic also uses advanced technology, such as the 7-tesla MRI, an imaging machine that gives detailed scans that show the inside of the body. This advanced imaging technology is key to making sure patients receive an accurate diagnosis to guide treatment.

Specialty cancer care that meets your needs

Oligodendroglioma treatments include surgery to remove as much of the tumor as possible. Other treatments may be needed after surgery. These might be recommended if any tumor cells remain or if there's an increased risk that the tumor will come back. Chemotherapy and radiation therapy may be used to kill any tumor cells that remain.

Clinical trials may offer you a chance to try the latest treatment options. Ask your healthcare team whether a clinical trial might be right for you. Supportive care also is an option. This can help provide relief from pain and other symptoms of a serious illness. Supportive care can be used at the same time as other treatments, such as surgery, chemotherapy or radiation therapy.

Expertise and rankings

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, and Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona., rank among the Best Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery and for cancer in the U.S. News & World Report rankings. Mayo Clinic Children's in Rochester is ranked the No. 1 hospital in Minnesota, and the five-state region of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2024–2025 "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings. With the emphasis on collaborative care, specialists interact very closely with their colleagues across all sites.

Doctors and researchers at Mayo Clinic are always working to find better treatments through clinical trials and new discoveries. Mayo Clinic offers the latest in neurological care with innovative therapies, new techniques and clinical trials developed by our world-class experts.

The Mayo Clinic Department of Neurology is one of the largest and most comprehensive neurological practices in the world. It includes more than 200 experts who diagnose and treat more than 500 conditions of the nervous system. These conditions include epilepsy, autoimmune neurology, aneurysms and movement disorders. They include dementias, stroke, brain and spinal cord tumors, multiple sclerosis, and headache. And they include neuromuscular diseases, peripheral nerve disorders, speech disorders, and neurological disorders in children.

Top ranked

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, rank among the Best Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings. Mayo Clinic Children's in Rochester is ranked the No. 1 hospital in Minnesota, and the five-state region of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2024-2025 "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings.

Mayo Clinic is ranked more than any other hospital and has been recognized as an Honor Roll member according to the U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals" rankings.