Brain tumor patient plays guitar during awake craniotomy surgery

Brain tumor survivor Robert Alvarez and neurosurgeon Sujit Prabhu, M.D., explain why and how Robert played the guitar during his surgery for a grade II astrocytoma. It was the first time a brain tumor patient played a musical instrument during an awake craniotomy at MD Anderson.

Read Robert Alvarez's story: https://www.mdanderson.org/publications/cancerwise/2018/05/why-a-brain-tumor-survivor-brought-his-guitar-into-the-or.html

Learn about awake craniotomy for brain tumors: https://www.mdanderson.org/publications/cancerwise/2018/04/awake-craniotomy-for-brain-tumors--8-questions.html

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