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Paediatric brain tumours—when to operate?

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Surgical intervention in children with hypothalamic chiasmatic low-grade glioma, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or high-grade glioma is controversial, and randomized controlled trials are lacking. A recent consensus statement provides recommendations for optimal management of these patients, including situations in which surgical resection represents the preferred option.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Cancer Research Building II, 1550 Orleans Street, Baltimore, 21231, MD, USA

    Kaisorn L. Chaichana & Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa

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MRI scans of hypothalamic chiasmatic low grade glioma, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma and high grade glioma in paediatric patients (DOC 128 kb)

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Chaichana, K., Quinones-Hinojosa, A. Paediatric brain tumours—when to operate?. Nat Rev Neurol 9, 362–364 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2013.97

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