11-04-2018, 03:05 AM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46073972
A chemical that makes brain tumours glow pink could help surgeons to remove the cancer safely, a trial suggests.
Scientists gave people with suspected glioma a drink containing 5-ALA, a substance known to accumulate in fast-growing cancer cells.
The pink glow the chemical causes was found in people with the most aggressive cancers.
Researchers hope it will make it easier for surgeons to distinguish between cancer cells and healthy brain tissue.
Treatment for glioma, the most common form of brain cancer and the one that killed ex-Labour cabinet minister Dame Tessa Jowell, usually involves surgery to remove as much of the cancer as possible, and the prognosis for patients is often poor.
This sounds like a great help. Now, if only there were something like this that could improve chemotherapy or radiotherapy, so that it could 'mark' the cancer cells in such a way that only they get targeted.
A chemical that makes brain tumours glow pink could help surgeons to remove the cancer safely, a trial suggests.
Scientists gave people with suspected glioma a drink containing 5-ALA, a substance known to accumulate in fast-growing cancer cells.
The pink glow the chemical causes was found in people with the most aggressive cancers.
Researchers hope it will make it easier for surgeons to distinguish between cancer cells and healthy brain tissue.
Treatment for glioma, the most common form of brain cancer and the one that killed ex-Labour cabinet minister Dame Tessa Jowell, usually involves surgery to remove as much of the cancer as possible, and the prognosis for patients is often poor.
This sounds like a great help. Now, if only there were something like this that could improve chemotherapy or radiotherapy, so that it could 'mark' the cancer cells in such a way that only they get targeted.
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