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Developing
a Brain Tumor Center
Mark L. Rosenblum, Tom Mikkelsen
Department
of Neurosurgery, Hermelin Brain Tumor Center, Henry Ford Health System, 2799
West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; Tel.: +1-313-916-2665; Fax:
+1-313-916-7139; E-mail: nssma@neuro.hfh.edu
[MLR]. Department of Neurosurgery; Department of Neurology,
Hermelin Brain Tumor Center, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USA [T.M.].
The
development of a multidisciplinary brain tumor center requires many steps, from
selection of leaders to garnering institutional support, growing the clinical
neuro-oncology business, and building multidisciplinary involvement especially
with the tumor board.
Key clinicians and researchers need to be recruited to develop the academic
enterprise, and acquiring external endorsement and philanthropy support can be
critical factors in maintaining institutional support and in meeting special
needs of the center.
The process of managing money, space and support personnel, and the maintenance
of the overall program are important as well.
Our views on building a brain tumor center reflect our specific situation in
developing and growing the Hermelin Brain Tumor Center at Henry Ford Hospital in
Detroit and hence might not be precisely applicable to the development of
centers elsewhere.
Keywords: “Academies
and Institutes”,
astrocytoma, brain neoplasms, cancer care facilities, glioblastoma, glioma,
metastatic brain tumor, oligodendroglioma, patient care team, program
development
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2004 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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Source: http://ipsapp007.kluweronline.com/IPS/content/ext/x/J/5042/I/124/A/12/abstract.htm
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