Conditions We Treat

A brain tumor diagnosis can be overwhelming and the Neurosurgery Department at Boston Medical Center is fully equipped to expertly diagnose and treat your condition in a comfortable and compassionate environment. Our staff is dedicated to your family's care.

The skull base is the part of your skull behind your eyes and nose, made up of five bones. Your brain rests on your skull base and your spinal cord, blood vessels, and nerves pass through it. Skull base tumors can grow inside the skull or outside the skull base. Cancerous skull base tumors are rare, but non-cancerous (benign) tumors can also grow in the skull base.

A spinal cord tumor is an abnormal mass of cells that grows either inside the spinal canal or on the bones of the spine. There are many types of spinal tumors, which can be benign (not cancerous) or malignant (cancerous), and either can cause permanent disability, pain, and neurological issues.