New standards streamline brain tumor surgery

Low-grade brain tumors known as IDH-mutant gliomas CNS WHO grade 2 are life-threatening in spite of their slow growth.
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Reoperations May Offer Survival Benefit in Recurrent Glioblastoma

Reoperation in recurrent glioblastoma patients may improve progression-free and overall survival, especially when tumors are in non-eloquent, accessible brain regions. Factors like age, gender, tumor ...
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Outcomes with multi parametric MRI (mpMRI) compared to diagnostic transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) in patients (pts) with suspected muscle-invasive bladder ...

EORTC GUCG 2418 - STARBURST: Strategies for treatment adaptation following re-evaluation of the bladder after using primary neoadjuvant systemic therapies—An EORTC platform trial. This is an ASCO ...
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Next-Generation Sequencing of Intraoperatively Acquired Cerebrospinal Fluid and Matched Tumor Tissue in Patients Undergoing Surgical Resection for Glioblastoma

Because of tumor heterogeneity and sampling error, next-generation sequencing (NGS) of glioblastoma (GBM) tumors may provide an incomplete picture of the somatic mutational landscape. We hypothesized ...
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Laparoscopic Wedge and Endoscopic Resection Are Safe, Feasible in Gastric GISTs

Laparoscopic wedge resection is recommended for GISTs larger than 4 cm due to higher complete resection rates. Endoscopic resection offers faster recovery and fewer postoperative symptoms, despite ...