Brain Tumor Program

• Our dedicated neuropathologist provides a quick and accurate diagnosis, helping us tailor treatment to your child’s exact type of tumor.
• Our pediatric neurosurgeons have one of the nation’s few operating rooms with an MRI inside, which means they can simultaneously perform surgery and obtain detailed images to ensure maximum removal of your child’s tumor.
• Specialized equipment allows our pediatric radiation oncologist to minimize exposure by targeting radiation doses at the tumor, avoiding healthy brain tissue. We have access to the Northeast Proton Beam Center.
• We use innovative chemotherapy deliver techniques that may minimize your child’s hospital admissions, and we offer unique treatment options through our extensive clinical trial program.
• Our survivorship experts manage the Stop & Shop Family Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Outcomes Clinic, a special program for survivors of childhood brain tumors.

Dana-Farber/Children’s Hospital Cancer Center was one of the first centers in the country to use adjuvant chemotherapy and perform limb salvage surgery for patients with osteosarcoma.

Two years ago, Boston Children's Neurologist-in-Chief Scott Pomeroy, MD, PhD, found that medulloblastomas—the most common malignant brain tumor of children—clustered into four distinct types, each with its own survival rate. Now he's found the gene mutations that fuel the subtypes, opening the door to personalizing treatment for these tumors. Learn more.