Brain tumors are the most common cause of childhood cancer deaths and the second most frequent pediatric cancer next to leukemia.  Childhood brain tumors are often found in a serious condition at   primary diagnosis, and the death from brain tumor is often. Neurosurgical department integrates multidisciplinary treatment team for pediatric brain tumor; medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and rehabilitation.

   Neurosurgeons conduct effective and safe surgery with cutting-edge navigation, microscope, 3D exoscope, and neuroendoscope for the maximal surgical resection of the tumor and the minimizing sequelae. Also concurrently, we determine the diagnosis and tailor-made treatment based on age, sex, body weight, growth, and genetic diagnosis in consultation and discussion among pediatrics, radiology, pathology, and our neurosurgery. Moreover we’ve actively educated medical students and neurosurgery residents through clinical pediatric brain tumor case.

   As we occasionally experience intractable cases without any previous case reports, the accumulation of clinical data is extremely important for the next treatment. Our neurological surgery department conduct clinical trial of study cooperated with OKADAI BIOBANK about genetic testing, and we’ve been challenging to establish new treatment strategy together. Furthermore, we contribute to the construction of all Japan pediatric brain tumor database in cooperation with Japan Children’s Cancer Group（JCCG）.

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http://neuro.hospital.okayama-u.ac.jp/