Why did that paradigm shift occur in the prior year? Well, French physicians published in the Journal of Neurosurgery 4 years of biopsy results for diffuse pontine lesions. All 24 children survived the procedure and only 2 suffered some sequela from the intervention developing transient cranial nerve palsies. One of the two has a worsening of a previous hemiparesis. Two children had their treatment plan altered because of the biopsy results.
Stereotactic biopsy of diffuse pontine lesions in children
Neurosurgeon Stefanie Puget has come to North America several times to discuss there ongoing work. It appears she was just at the Bethesda Consensus Conference earlier this month.
However, it seems that events have moved beyond the discussion stage. The new multi-institution, 4-armed molecular stratification study is listed as open on clinicaltrials.gov opening first at Dana Farber Boston. The other institutions slated to collaborate in this trial include -
- Children's Hospital
- Children's
- Children's Hospital
- The Children's Hospital,
- Doernbecher Children's Hospital
- Children's Hospitals and Clinics of
- Southwestern
- University of
- Children's Healthcare of
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