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heblaj01 · 12-01-2006, 07:01 PM

http://www.nature.com/ncponc/journal...cponc0522.html
Nature Clinical Practice Oncology (2006) 3, 348-349

Fluorescence-guided surgery improves outcome in patients with malignant glioma

This article has no abstract so we have provided the first paragraph of the full text.

A recent trial by Stummer et al. on behalf of the ALA-Glioma Study Group has shown that fluorescence-guided surgery with 5-aminolevulinic acid results in a twofold increase in the number of patients free from residual malignant glioma, detected by postoperative MRI, when compared with conventional white-light surgery.

12-01-2006, 07:01 PM	#1
heblaj01 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 543	New brain surgery technique detects & removes more tumors http://www.nature.com/ncponc/journal...cponc0522.html Nature Clinical Practice Oncology (2006) 3, 348-349 Fluorescence-guided surgery improves outcome in patients with malignant glioma This article has no abstract so we have provided the first paragraph of the full text. A recent trial by Stummer et al. on behalf of the ALA-Glioma Study Group has shown that fluorescence-guided surgery with 5-aminolevulinic acid results in a twofold increase in the number of patients free from residual malignant glioma, detected by postoperative MRI, when compared with conventional white-light surgery.