Brain Tumors Clinical Trials
Discover hundreds of clinical trials for brain tumor cancer.
Imagine your doctor being able to see details of your brain down to an individual blood cell. That’s the reality of BrightMatter, a robot-assisted brain surgery system at the Hermelin Brain Tumor Center.
If you’ve been told surgery is not an option — that your tumor is “inoperable” because of its location in your brain — surgery may now be possible. Henry Ford Hospital is the first in Michigan, and one of the first in the United States, to offer BrightMatter robot-assisted brain surgery.
Learn more about our other technologies for brain tumor surgery.
Advanced technology lets our surgeons see brain tumors and surrounding tissue in an entirely new way. The system helps them preserve parts of your brain important for body movement, speech, strength and vision. It also shortens your recovery time after brain tumor surgery and reduces your chance of complications.
This technology allows your surgeon to make small, targeted incisions to reach your brain tumor while avoiding important command centers in your brain. This technology makes your brain surgery safer and more effective in several ways:
When it’s brain cancer, you don’t want to wait. We offer a brain tumor appointment guarantee to ensure that you can be seen by a specialist quickly.
Request an appointmentIf you were diagnosed with a brain tumor we may have a clinical trial for you.
Request more informationDiscover hundreds of clinical trials for brain tumor cancer.
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We are thankful for the donors who invest in the Hermelin Brain Tumor Center through their support for patients, leading-edge treatments, facilities and research to better understand and cure brain tumors.
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