Brain Tumor Second Opinion

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When you get a brain tumor diagnosis, your world gets turned upside down. You have an explanation for your symptoms, which can be comforting. But you are likely wondering “what’s next”?

Is the diagnosis correct? Will I be able to get the right treatment? Will there be frequent travel to get treatment? Will I have to move? What are my chances?

You may consider getting a second opinion and we encourage our patients to do so. We’ll work with other centers to give them the information they need to review your case.

A glioblastoma survivor and his wife look to the future

John and Jessica Bostock were at an exciting time in their lives when John was diagnosed with glioblastoma. Six years later, John is a glioblastoma survivor.

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The Norton Brain Tumor Center conducts second opinions from other providers as well. All of us, whether at the Norton Brain Tumor Center or elsewhere, want you to get the right care.

Successful brain tumor treatment starts with an accurate diagnosis. Norton Brain Tumor Center physicians will look to confirm your diagnosis and consider other explanations for your signs and symptoms. Ultimately, the right diagnosis can put you on a path to the right treatment and joining the increasing number of patients who survive five years or more.

Getting a brain tumor second opinion from the Norton Brain Tumor Center could help make you eligible for one of the many clinical trials we have underway. Whether you are interested in a clinical trial or not, you can have confidence that our physician researchers often have unsurpassed experience with newly approved treatments. As principal investigators, our providers spend years working with experimental treatments. Once a treatment is approved for broader use, our physicians often have experience with it that few others in the country can match.

If you’re ready to get more viewpoints, fill out our secure form. Give us some information about your diagnosis and how we can reach you.

The Norton Brain Tumor Center reviews every case through our multidisciplinary team of providers who specialize in neuro-surgical oncology, radiation therapy, medical oncology, pathology and more. These specialists provide their insights and discuss treatment options. You won’t be getting just a second opinion, but more like a third, fourth and fifth as well.

The Norton Brain Tumor Center is a collaboration of Norton Neuroscience Institute and Norton Cancer Institute, giving you access to the region’s leading providers of neurology, neurosurgery and cancer care.

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Brain Tumor Clinical Trials

Talk with your brain tumor care team if a clinical trial is right for you.

When You Choose the Norton Healthcare Brain Tumor Center

  • A patient navigator dedicated to brain tumor patients and their families acts as a patient advocate through diagnosis, treatment and beyond.
  • Our brain tumor board, using a multidisciplinary approach, ensures your case is carefully reviewed and benefits from the viewpoints of specialists from a broad array of expertise, experience and training.
  • If you would like to confirm your diagnosis and treatment plan, consider getting a second opinion from the Norton Healthcare Brain Tumor Center.
  • Our specialists are skilled and experienced with brain tumor radiation therapy, neurological surgery, brain tumor chemotherapy, brain tumor treating fields, immunotherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery, intensity-modulated radiation therapy, laser interstitial thermal therapy with robotic assistance and emerging treatments.
  • These specialists work side by side, allowing you to schedule multiple appointments for the same day, in the same location.
  • Counselors provide compassionate, friendly guidance to patients whose finances have been upended by their diagnosis.
  • From minimally invasive robotics to the latest in immunology and clinical trials, sophisticated treatments can precisely reduce or eliminate brain and spinal tumors while protecting healthy tissue.
  • Norton Children’s Cancer Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, provides specialized care for pediatric brain tumors.
  • Medicare, Medicaid and most major commercial insurance plans are accepted.
  • Communicate with your provider, manage appointments, refill prescriptions and get alerted when earlier appointments become available with your free Norton MyChart account.

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