The neuro-oncology multispecialty team at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and UW Medicine has a wide breadth of expertise in both primary brain cancers and in brain and spinal cord metastases. At the Fred Hutch Brain and Spine Metastases Clinic, we specialize in treating patients with a primary cancer that has spread to the brain and spine, known as brain and spine metastases, as well as cancer that has spread to the cerebrospinal fluid, known as leptomeningeal metastasis. Fred Hutch is one of the only centers in the U.S. with expertise in central nervous system metastases.
Treatment Tailored to Each Patient
Our medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, and surgeons are among the nation’s most knowledgeable and respected physicians in brain and spine oncology. Each week, a team of multispecialty providers — including expert physicians, nurses and researchers — meets to discuss, evaluate and plan each patient’s individualized care.
Through the Fred Hutch Brain and Spine Metastases Clinic, we offer the most advanced treatment options available, including surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy. We also provide access to novel clinical trials for patients with brain and spine metastasis. We work closely with the Gamma Knife Center at Harborview Medical Center, Fred Hutch – Proton Therapy and the Alvord Brain Tumor Center at UW Medical Center – Montlake.
At Fred Hutch, we also offer our patients robust supportive care services such as nutrition, social work, palliative care, cancer rehabilitation services and psychiatry. It is important to us to care for our patients as a whole person, not just the disease or cancer.
Conditions We Treat
- Brain Metastasis
- Spine Metastasis
- Leptomeningeal Metastasis
- Central Nervous System Metastases (CNS) Lymphoma