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Treatment/Procedure: Brain Tumor Tissue Banking

Since mid-2018, the Neurosurgical Oncology team has collected brain tumor samples for genetic analysis from all consenting patients.

The goal is to tailor treatment specifically to the individual patient through precision medicine, while also learning about the nature of these tumors for the benefit of future patients. Everyone has a slightly different tumor and responds to therapy in a different way, which makes treatment challenging. However, technology is changing that right now.

In some cases, genetic testing reveals a tumor type with a known treatment. Sometimes patients are a match for an ongoing clinical trial. For others, the researchers use these samples to grow more cells in the lab and test different compounds on the unique tumor types in the search for new therapies. Pharmacologists at UAMS assist the researchers in developing the specific compounds.

These results are being compiled and analyzed with the help of the UAMS Department of Biomedical Informatics. As trends emerge from the massive amounts of data, more patients will gain access to personalized treatment solutions based upon the specific characteristics and genetics of their tumor. The data analysis is also helping the researchers understand how these tumors form in the first place, providing an additional means of prevention in the future.

Scientists have long had ideas of how personalized medicine might look in the neurosurgical oncology setting. The patient takes a genetic test, perhaps from a sample of their tumor or maybe even a blood test, and those genetic results determine the best treatment. Each patient can benefit from their own unique blend of surgery, medicine and radiation/chemotherapy.

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Conditions Related to Brain Tumor Tissue Banking

UAMS Health providers care for a broad range of conditions, some of which may not be listed below.

  • Benign Brain Tumors
  • Brain Tumors

Providers Performing or Prescribing Brain Tumor Tissue Banking

Note that every provider listed below may not perform or prescribe Brain Tumor Tissue Banking for all conditions related to it. Review each provider for availability.

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Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D.

Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D. Neurosurgeon

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Locations Providing Brain Tumor Tissue Banking

Note that Brain Tumor Tissue Banking may not be performed at every location listed below. The list may include locations where the treatment plan is developed during and after a patient visit.

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Neurosurgery Clinic

Neurosurgery Clinic

501 Jack Stephens Drive
Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neuroscience Institute
Little Rock, AR 72205

Appointment Phone Number
501-686-5270
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Request an appointment by contacting a clinic directly or by calling the UAMS Health appointment line at (501) 686-8000.

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