Trends in fluorescence image-guided surgery for gliomas

JTC Liu, D Meza, N Sanai - Neurosurgery, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Mounting evidence suggests that a more extensive surgical resection is associated with an
improved life expectancy for both low-grade and high-grade glioma patients. However …

Intraoperative fluorescence-guided resection of high-grade gliomas: a comparison of the present techniques and evolution of future strategies

Y Li, R Rey-Dios, DW Roberts, PA Valdés… - World neurosurgery, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective Fluorescence guidance has a demonstrated potential in maximizing the extent of
high-grade glioma resection. Different fluorophores (fluorescent biomarkers), including 5 …

Fluorescent-guided surgical resection of glioma with targeted molecular imaging agents: a literature review

SEL Craig, J Wright, AE Sloan, SM Brady-Kalnay - World neurosurgery, 2016 - Elsevier
The median life expectancy after a diagnosis of glioblastoma is 15 months. Although
chemotherapeutics may someday cure glioblastoma by killing the highly dispersive …

Surgery of high-grade gliomas guided by fluorescence: a retrospective study of 22 patients

T Jacquesson, F Ducray, D Maucort-Boulch… - Neuro …, 2013 - europepmc.org
Background and purpose Optimal surgical resection improves the prognosis of
glioblastomas. However, this goal is far from being achieved due to its invasive nature …

Fluorescence-guided surgery for high-grade gliomas: state of the art and new perspectives

G Palmieri, F Cofano, LF Salvati… - … in cancer research …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
High-grade gliomas are aggressive tumors that require multimodal management and gross
total resection is considered to be the first crucial step of treatment. Because of their …

Agents for fluorescence-guided glioma surgery: a systematic review of preclinical and clinical results

JT Senders, IS Muskens, R Schnoor, AV Karhade… - Acta …, 2017 - Springer
Background Fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) is a technique used to enhance
visualization of tumor margins in order to increase the extent of tumor resection in glioma …

Fluorescence-guided resection of high-grade gliomas: A systematic review and meta-analysis

X Su, QF Huang, HL Chen, J Chen - Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective The present systematic review and meta-analysis was to analyze of the
advantages of intraoperative fluorescence-guided resection of high-grade gliomas. Methods …

Fluorescence-guided surgery in the surgical treatment of gliomas: Past, present and future

R Sun, H Cuthbert, C Watts - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Gliomas are aggressive central nervous system tumours. The emergence
and recent widespread adoption of 5-aminolevulinic acid and fluorescence guided surgery …

How reliable is fluorescence-guided surgery in low-grade gliomas? A systematic review concerning different fluorophores

A Bianconi, M Bonada, P Zeppa, S Colonna, F Tartara… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Low-grade gliomas account for approximately 10–20% of all primary brain
tumors. Many techniques have been proposed to achieve a maximal safe resection, and …

Surgery for malignant brain gliomas: fluorescence-guided resection or functional-based resection?

H Duffau - Frontiers in surgery, 2019 - frontiersin.org
1 Department of Neurosurgery, Montpellier University Medical Center, Gui de Chauliac
Hospital, Montpellier, France, 2 Team “Plasticity of Central Nervous System, Stem Cells and …