Discover the cutting-edge approach to tackling brain tumor complexity with our latest study on image-localized biopsy mapping, a promising leap forward in precision neuro-oncology.
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Image-localized biopsy mapping of brain tumor heterogeneity: A single-center study protocol.
Urcuyo et al., PLoS One 2023
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287767
Listen, folks, we’ve got a huge problem with brain cancer, it’s incredibly tough to deal with. Why? Because getting your hands on human brain tumor tissue is not easy, believe me. And when we talk about MRIs, let me tell you, it’s not clear what we’re looking at. We’re flying blind! The usual way of sampling, it just doesn’t cut it. It doesn’t show us the whole picture of this nasty disease.
Now, here’s what we’re doing – it’s fantastic, really. We’re taking multiple biopsies during surgery, right from the brain, and we’re pairing them with top-notch MRIs. We’re enrolling patients – great people, all over 18, who need surgery for a brain lesion – in our study, the ‘Image-Based Mapping of Brain Tumors’. It’s a big deal, approved and everything (IRB #16-002424).
These patients, they get the works: DSC, DTI, the standard scans, you name it. And in the OR, we’re tracking where we take samples from like pros. We’re using this goldmine to map out the tumor like nobody’s business – looking at genetics, RNA, all sorts of tissue stuff. And we’re sharing it – because that’s what good people do – through a public portal.
And let me tell you, the results? Amazing. We’re making maps that show where the bad cells are, where the important genes are, and it’s going to change the game. We’re talking better surgery, smarter radiation, drugs that actually hit the target. This is the future, and it’s going to make a huge difference for people with glioma. That’s what we’re doing, and it’s going to be huge.