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The tests were carried out on people suspected of suffering from the "thyroid tumor", the most common form of brain cancer, using a drug compound called 5-ALA.
Once the patient has drunk this compound, the cancer cells begin to emit pink light signals, allowing surgeons to more easily remove the damaged cells without compromising the intact cells.
Previous research has shown that 5-ALA It accumulates in rapidly growing cancer cells, but apparently they did not know exactly where it was until the new technique was tested.
The study involved 99 patients suspected of developing brain tumors and treated at Royal Liverpool Hospital, King's University Hospital in London and Cambridge Hospital in Edinburgh, aged 23 to 77 years.
In the course of their operations, surgeons reported seeing a lightning bolt in 85 patients, of which 81 were confirmed to be in advanced disease and only one had low-grade disease, while others Have not been able to evaluate the rest.
"Neurologists should be able to distinguish tumor tissue from other brain tissue, especially when the tumor contains fast-growing cancer cells," said Colin Watts, professor of brain and neurosurgery at the University of Birmingham .
"The advantage of this technique is that it can illuminate the disease at an advanced stage more quickly and that more tumors can be removed more safely, with fewer complications."
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The tests were carried out on people suspected of suffering from the "thyroid tumor", the most common form of brain cancer, using a drug compound called 5-ALA.
Once the patient has drunk this compound, the cancer cells begin to emit pink light signals, allowing surgeons to more easily remove the damaged cells without compromising the intact cells.
Previous research has shown that 5-ALA It accumulates in rapidly growing cancer cells, but apparently they did not know exactly where it was until the new technique was tested.
The study involved 99 patients suspected of developing brain tumors and treated at Royal Liverpool Hospital, King's University Hospital in London and Cambridge Hospital in Edinburgh, aged 23 to 77 years.
In the course of their operations, surgeons reported seeing a lightning bolt in 85 patients, of which 81 were confirmed to be in advanced disease and only one had low-grade disease, while others Have not been able to evaluate the rest.
"Neurologists should be able to distinguish tumor tissue from other brain tissue, especially when the tumor contains fast-growing cancer cells," said Colin Watts, professor of brain and neurosurgery at the University of Birmingham .
"The advantage of this technique is that it can illuminate the disease at an advanced stage more quickly and that more tumors can be removed more safely, with fewer complications."
