Prospective feasibility and safety assessment of surgical biopsy for patients with newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma

2018133 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Nalin Gupta · UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital

Liliana Goumnerova · Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Peter Manley · Boston Children's Museum

Susan Chi · Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Donna Neuberg · Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Mäneka Puligandla · Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Jason Fangusaro

Abstract

Surgical biopsy of DIPGs is technically feasible, associated with acceptable risks, and can provide biologic data that can inform treatment decisions.

Topics & Keywords

Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Meningioma and schwannoma management Brain Metastases and Treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Neuro-Oncology

Volume 20, Issue 11, pp. 1547-1555

DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noy070

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