Fibre-optic device could advance brain tumour surgery
The image depicts a 3D rendering of the brain, with the cancer detectable on magnetic resonance Imaging (MRI) in red and yellow. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Laboratory for Radiological Optics and the Montreal Neurological Institute)
CTV News, Feburary 12, 2015
TORONTO -- Canadian researchers have developed a fibre-optic probe they believe could help neurosurgeons track down stray cancer cells in patients with invasive brain tumours, thereby potentially reducing the risk of recurrence and improving life expectancy.
The hand-held device, called a Raman spectroscopy probe, was developed by researchers at McGill University for use by neurosurgeons in the removal of brain tumours called gliomas, which typically infiltrate healthy brain tissue.