title: History of neurosurgery for intracranial mass lesions.
abstract: This is the era of image-guided surgery and molecular neurosurgery for brain tumors; it is a time that promises to do for cerebral cortical tumors what microsurgery did for skull base tumors in the last generation. It should carry the precision and effectiveness of surgery far beyond anything dreamed of by Cushing and the early pioneers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. RHOUDDOU@A1.TCH.Harvard.edu
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Black
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000266:history*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000266:history*