Overview

Tumors can start in the brain, or cancer elsewhere in the body can spread to the brain. Symptoms include new or increasingly strong headaches, blurred vision, loss of balance, confusion, and seizures. In some cases, there may be no symptoms. Treatments include surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy.

Specialty care

 

Care team

Profiles

Amanda Clouser, FNP-C

Nurse Practitioner Internal Medicine | Hematology-Oncology, Cancer Care
315 W. Carpenter St. 1st Floor, Clinic B Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Alessandra Mantovani, MD

Neurosurgeon Neurosurgery
747 N. Rutledge Street 2nd floor Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Bruce Frankel, MD

Neurosurgeon Neurosurgery, Cancer Care
747 N. Rutledge Street 2nd floor Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Shadi Bsat, MD

Neurosurgeon Neurosurgery
747 N. Rutledge Street 2nd floor Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Sydney DeSollar, DNP, FNP-C

Nurse Practitioner Neurosurgery
747 N. Rutledge Street 2nd floor Springfield, IL 62702

 

Care facilities

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Clinical trials

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At SIU Medicine, our physicians and scientists conduct clinical trials and research studies with the aim of translating findings into new, more effective treatments.