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All About Pediatric Gliomas (Low and High Grade)

Pediatric gliomas are also known as childhood gliomas. They’re a type of tumor that can develop in a child’s central nervous system (CNS), including their brain or spinal cord. Gliomas are tumors that ...
Nature

Epidemiology and surgical outcomes of pediatric intradural spinal tumors: results from a retrospective series of patients operated in the first two decades of life

Due to the rarity of intradural spinal tumors (ISTs) in individuals under 20, comprehensive studies are lacking. This study aims to compare the clinical data of intramedullary and extramedullary IST ...
Nature

AI-driven label-free Raman spectromics for intraoperative spinal tumor assessment

Spinal tumor surgery requires rapid tissue diagnosis to guide surgical decisions and further treatment strategies, yet current intraoperative methods are time-intensive and require specialized ...
EurekAlert!

In first-of-its-kind surgery, rare spinal tumor removed through patient’s eye socket at University of Maryland Medical Center

University of Mayland Medical Center neurosurgeon Dr. Mohamed A.M. Labib describes how surgeons were able to remove a rare bone tumor called a chordoma in the patient's cervical spine by threading ...