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The Role of Stereotactic Biopsy in the Management of Gliomas

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Neurosurgeons must use accurate diagnostic techniques that confirm characteristics of individual glial neoplasms before recommending specific treatments. These diagnostic methods must reach all brain locations and be appropriate for patients of all ages and medical conditions. We believe that CT- or MR-based stereotactic biopsy is the best way to guide management in patients who do not require craniotomy for tumor mass effect. As our understanding of the biology of different tumors increases, we anticipate that even more specific therapeutic approaches will be developed that will require a histologic diagnosis and perhaps even new approaches to tumor classification and grading.

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  1. Departments of Neurological Surgery and Radiation Oncology and The Center for Image Guided Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Douglas Kondziolka & L. Dade Lunsford

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Kondziolka, D., Dade Lunsford, L. The Role of Stereotactic Biopsy in the Management of Gliomas. J Neurooncol 42, 205–213 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006105415194

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