New brain surgery technique detects & removes more tumors

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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

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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.