Butterfly gliomas: to biopsy or to ablate – a longitudinal cohort study
Vratko Himic, Morgan Leigh Johnson, Anshul Ratnaparkhi, Roxanne C Mayrand, Jay Chandar, Vaidya Govindarajan, Daniel C Kreatsoulas, Arman Jahangiri, Zachary C Gersey, Daniel M Aaronson, Ricardo J Komotar, Micheal E Ivan, Ashish H Shah · 2026
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Description
Himic and colleagues compare two paths for one of the grimmest brain tumours, the butterfly glioma. These fast-growing tumours spread into both halves of the brain, shaped like wings. Most patients get only a biopsy, a small tissue sample, followed by drug and radiation treatment, since full removal is rarely possible.
The team instead reviews patients treated with laser heat therapy, where a thin probe burns tumour tissue from inside. Following both groups over time, they compare survival and the course after each approach. The question is stark: does adding a minimally invasive ablation buy patients meaningful time over biopsy alone, and at what cost in complications?
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Vratko Himic, Morgan Leigh Johnson, Anshul Ratnaparkhi, Roxanne C Mayrand, Jay Chandar, Vaidya Govindarajan, Daniel C Kreatsoulas, Arman Jahangiri, Zachary C Gersey, Daniel M Aaronson, Ricardo J Komotar, Micheal E Ivan, Ashish H Shah |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |