Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, is a procedure that uses radio waves, a powerful magnet, and a computer to make a series of detailed pictures of areas inside the body. The goal of this study is to determine if MR fingerprinting, new way of acquiring MRI images, can help identify the extent of tumor spread in the brain, better than routine MRI images.
Glioblastomas (GBs) are aggressive malignant brain tumors with a median survival of less than 15 months . Infiltration of cancer beyond the tumor margins causes recurrence in nearly 100% of GBs; however, this cannot be measured by current imaging techniques . Availability of reliable and reproducible infiltration prediction maps at initial diagnosis will open new treatment opportunities such as targeted surgery or escalated radiation therapy (RT). On clinical contrast enhanced (CE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, a typical GB demonstrates an enhancing mass with central necrosis and an…
Stage I: Inclusion criteria: * Age \> 18 * MR imaging findings suggestive of GB * Maximal tumor diameter greater than 3 cm * Ability to provide written informed consent * Ability to undergo MRI scan * Consideration for biopsy, subtotal or gross total resection. Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindications to MRI * Contraindication to surgical treatment * Prior treatment for glioblastoma Stage II: Inclusion Criteria: * Age \> 18 * MR imaging findings suggestive of GB * Maximal tumor diameter greater than 3 cm * Ability to provide written informed consent * Ability to undergo MRI scan * Lesion…
The control group will include only standard of care tools. - Standard of care neurosurgical resection will include the use of all standard neurosurgical instruments and techniques (eg, microscope, intraoperative ultrasound, 5-ALA fluorescence guided surgery and neuronavigation system).
Magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, is a procedure that uses radio waves, a powerful magnet, and a computer to make a series of detailed pictures of areas inside the body
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