Buying Time: Unique Laser Treatment on a Child Slows her Aggressive Tumor

Everything about the youngster’s brain tumor tied the hands of Ramin Eskandari, M.D., Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at MUSC Health. It was located near the basal ganglia and the thalamus, areas deep within the brain that are hard to reach and packed with the neurons that control critical functions, such as movement, sensory relay, temperature regulation, and sleep/wake cycles.

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