Use of fluorescence to guide resection or biopsy of primary brain tumors and brain metastases

Quantitative and qualitative 5-aminolevulinic acid–induced protoporphyrin IX fluorescence in skull base meningiomas

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The impact of fluorescence guidance on spinal intradural tumour surgery

(2013) Sven O. Eicker et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Intraoperative Fluorescence-Guided Resection of High-Grade Malignant Gliomas Using 5-Aminolevulinic Acid–Induced Porphyrins: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies

(2013) Shiguang Zhao et al.   PLoS One

5-Aminolevulinic acid-induced protoporphyrin IX fluorescence as immediate intraoperative indicator to improve the safety of malignant or high-grade brain tumor diagnosis in frameless stereotactic biopsies

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Emerging operative strategies in neurosurgical oncology

(2012) Nader Sanai   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROLOGY

Aminolevulinic acid (ALA)–protoporphyrin IX fluorescence guided tumour resection. Part 2: Theoretical, biochemical and practical aspects

(2012) Michael J. Colditz et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE

Aminolevulinic acid (ALA)–protoporphyrin IX fluorescence guided tumour resection. Part 1: Clinical, radiological and pathological studies

(2012) Michael J. Colditz et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE

Gadolinium- and 5-Aminolevulinic Acid-Induced Protoporphyrin IX Levels in Human Gliomas: An Ex Vivo Quantitative Study to Correlate Protoporphyrin IX Levels and Blood-Brain Barrier Breakdown

(2012) Pablo A. Valdés et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPATHOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY

Glioblastoma Multiforme Treatment with Clinical Trials for Surgical Resection (Aminolevulinic Acid)

(2012) David W. Roberts et al.   NEUROSURGERY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Paradoxical fluorescence after administration of 5-aminolevulinic acid for resection of a cerebral melanoma metastasis

(2011) Philippe Schucht et al.   ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA

5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA)-induced fluorescence in intracerebral metastases: a retrospective study

(2011) Marcel A. Kamp et al.   ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA

Finding the anaplastic focus in diffuse gliomas: The value of Gd-DTPA enhanced MRI, FET-PET, and intraoperative, ALA-derived tissue fluorescence

(2011) Christian Ewelt et al.   CLINICAL NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY

Quantitative fluorescence in intracranial tumor: implications for ALA-induced PpIX as an intraoperative biomarker

(2011) Pablo A. Valdés et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY

Use of 5-aminolevulinic acid for the confirmation of deep-seated brain tumors during stereotactic biopsy

(2011) Shusuke Moriuchi et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY

Intraoperative confocal microscopy in the visualization of 5-aminolevulinic acid fluorescence in low-grade gliomas

(2011) Nader Sanai et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY

Correlation of the extent of tumor volume resection and patient survival in surgery of glioblastoma multiforme with high-field intraoperative MRI guidance

(2011) D. Kuhnt et al.   NEURO-ONCOLOGY

 -aminolevulinic acid-induced protoporphyrin IX concentration correlates with histopathologic markers of malignancy in human gliomas: the need for quantitative fluorescence-guided resection to identify regions of increasing malignancy

(2011) P. A. Valdes et al.   NEURO-ONCOLOGY

Pathological characterization of the glioblastoma border as shown during surgery using 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced fluorescence

(2011) Miguel Angel Idoate et al.   NEUROPATHOLOGY

Intraoperative 5-aminolevulinic-acid-induced fluorescence in meningiomas

(2010) Daniel Coluccia et al.   ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA

5-Aminolevulinic acid is a promising marker for detection of anaplastic foci in diffusely infiltrating gliomas with nonsignificant contrast enhancement

(2010) Georg Widhalm et al.   CANCER

Favorable outcome in the elderly cohort treated by concomitant temozolomide radiochemotherapy in a multicentric phase II safety study of 5-ALA

(2010) Walter Stummer et al.   JOURNAL OF NEURO-ONCOLOGY

Surgery guided by 5-aminolevulinic fluorescence in glioblastoma: volumetric analysis of extent of resection in single-center experience

(2010) Ricardo Díez Valle et al.   JOURNAL OF NEURO-ONCOLOGY

Use of 5-ALA fluorescence guided endoscopic biopsy of a deep-seated primary malignant brain tumor

(2010) Rainer Ritz et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY

USEFULNESS OF INTRAOPERATIVE PHOTODYNAMIC DIAGNOSIS USING 5-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID FOR MENINGIOMAS WITH CRANIAL INVASION

(2010) Yoichi Morofuji et al.   Operative Neurosurgery

Bone involvement predicts poor outcome in atypical meningioma

(2009) Darlene Gabeau-Lacet et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY

EXTENT OF RESECTION AND SURVIVAL IN GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME

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Independent association of extent of resection with survival in patients with malignant brain astrocytoma

(2008) Matthew J. McGirt et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY

Resection and survival in glioblastoma multiforme: An RTOG recursive partitioning analysis of ALA study patients

(2008) Uwe Pichlmeier et al.   NEURO-ONCOLOGY

GLIOMA EXTENT OF RESECTION AND ITS IMPACT ON PATIENT OUTCOME

(2008) Nader Sanai et al.   NEUROSURGERY