Thursday, May 21, 2015

Combined surgical diagnostic tools improve gross total resection, not survival, in glioma

Intraoperative MRI and 5-aminolevulinic acid were not predictors of improved survival in patients with glioma when used together, according to data from a Swiss study.However, the use of both tools increases the likelihood of gross total resection during surgery, which may augment survival rates, results showed.


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