Tali Siegal M.D. Director,

Gaffin Center for Neuro-Oncology

Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center

P.O.Box 12000,

Jerusalem 91120, Israel

Phone: 972-2-677-8854

Fax: 972-2-677-8769

Location: Sharett Institute of Oncology, floor -3

The Neuro-Oncology center is dedicated to diagnosis and treatment of patients suffering from either primary brain tumors or secondary brain tumors (metastases).  In addition, patients who suffer from neurological complication of any systemic tumors (oncological or hematological tumors) are also being referred for diagnosis and treatment in Neuro-Oncology. The neurological complications of these patients can be related either to the presence of the primary tumor or can results from treatments such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy.

Examples for tumors treated at the center for Neuro-Oncology:

Primary brain tumors: Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma, Oligodendeoglioma, Medulloblastoma, Meningioma, primary brain lymphoma.

Examples for complications of systemic tumors referred for Neuro-Oncology: brain metastases, spinal metastases, peripheral neuropathy, neurological complication of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

Patients with primary brain tumors treated at the Neuro-Oncology center can participate in clinical studies. The center also includes a research laboratory and a laboratory for molecular diagnosis of brain tumors. The latter laboratory is the only one in Israel that routinely performs molecular and genetic analysis of brain tumors.

Patients can be referred to the outpatient clinics which operate on Monday through Thursday. Patients who need hospitalization will be hospitalized either in the Hematology or the Oncology department pending on their primary type of tumor and will be treated jointly by the Neuro-Oncology staff and the responsible physicians of the hosting department.