Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis (DCBSM)

Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis is a leading, comprehensive destination program in North Carolina dedicated to providing patients with brain or spine metastases rapid access to multi-disciplinary, navigated care and the latest in treatment options.

We welcome patients with newly diagnosed cancers, even if their pathology is not yet confirmed. Our center offers rapid access to the latest and most advanced treatment options, including many that are not available at other hospitals. The Center brings together national experts from neurosurgery, medical oncology, radiation oncology, palliative care, neuroradiology, interventional radiology, the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, Duke Cancer Institute (DCI), and more.

With your help, we can shift the landscape of care for patients with brain and spine metastasis. The Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis (DCBSM) is one of the highest-volume centers in the U.S. for laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT), a minimally invasive surgical procedure offered at only a handful of U.S. hospitals. This robotic-assisted laser surgical technique is often our preferred approach for recurrent brain metastases; for deeper brain tumors that may be more difficult to remove with open surgery; or for patients with radiation necrosis (an inflammatory condition that can affect certain patients following radiation treatment).