Brain Cancer
Researchers from University of Michigan, Department of Neurosurgery detail new studies and findings in the area of brain cancer
Published in Cancer Weekly, April 27th, 2010
Researchers detail in 'The brain tumor window model: a combined cranial window and implanted glioma model for evaluating intraoperative contrast agents,' new data in brain cancer. "Optical contrast agents for brain tumor delineation have been previously evaluated in ex vivo specimens from animals with implanted gliomas and may not reflect the true visual parameters encountered during surgery. This study describes a novel model system designed to evaluate optical contrast agents for tumor delineation in vivo," scientists in the United States report.
"Biparietal craniectomies were performed on 8-week-old Sprague-Dawley rats. 9L glioma cells were injected...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2010-04-27)
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