The Emerging Field of Neuro-oncology

<p>The complex nature of tumors of the central nervous system (brain and spine) has given rise to a subspecialty known as neuro-oncology. It's a still relatively new and uncommon discipline, and was not in place at UConn Health until the arrival of <a href='https://facultydirectory.uchc.edu/profile?profileId=Becker-Kevin'>Dr. Kevin Becker</a> in the summer of 2019. Dr. Becker joins Carolyn and Chris to explain his role as a neuro-oncologist and the advantages a neuro-oncology program offers both to patients and to the advancement of medicine.</p> <p> </p> <p>(Dr. Kevin Becker, Carolyn Pennington, Chris DeFrancesco, August 2020)</p>