Drugs do have brain cancer cells during surgery glow being used for the first time in Australia.
Neurosurgeons in Melbourne used the drug, called gliolan, to help them identify cancerous tissue during brain surgery and remove more.
The drug works on high grade glioma, a type of brain tumor with poor prognosis.
Royal Melbourne Hospital neurosurgeon Dr Kate Drummond is one of the operations carried out by first using the drug last Friday when she works on David Hall, 53, had a malignant glioma.
To her colleague was Dr. David Walker the same procedure only days before in Brisbane.
Dr. Drummond says the technique is already commonly used in Europe and the United Kingdom.
The drug is given in the patient drink 3-4 hours before surgery, accumulation in the tumor cells that then the light blue glow of operating microscope.
"The drug essentially helps us visualize the ball better so we can distinguish from normal brain tumor. So we can use more of the tumor than was previously possible so that We protect the normal brain, "said Dr. Drummond ABC News Online.
She says it makes the complex surgery safer for patients.
"It may seem astonishing, but in reality are often not the difference in appearance between the tumor and brain as clear as you might think ... to be able to distinguish clearly between the tumor and the normal brain, this drug does things a lot easier for us, "she said.
"It is a simple way to both make surgery more efficient and safer. So I think probably a higher acceptance of this type of procedure throughout Australia."
She says as with any drug there is a risk of allergic reaction, but the main effect of this one side it makes people sensitive to light throughout the day.
"Obviously you would not want to go out sunbaking within 24 hours after you've made it, but only normal ambient light problem," she said.
Mr Hall was diagnosed but the tumor on Monday before the operation and Dr. Drummond praise him for being "brave enough to try something new".
Went home 48 hours after the surgery and is still recovering.
"We are still in the planning stages for his next therapy, but will almost certainly meant that radiation and chemotherapy," she said.
Regardless of the benefit given by this new procedure, the surgery is a team effort and Dr. Drummond heaped praise on the multiple specialists involved.
"We need the technicians to get the microscope work, we use complex tools to remove the tumor ... We use advanced imaging and MRI scans complex planned in advance so that the surgery takes full radiology department," a she said.
According to the latest Australian Institute of Health and Welfare figures (AIHW) 1123 people died from brain cancer in 2007.
Neurosurgeons in Melbourne used the drug, called gliolan, to help them identify cancerous tissue during brain surgery and remove more.
The drug works on high grade glioma, a type of brain tumor with poor prognosis.
Royal Melbourne Hospital neurosurgeon Dr Kate Drummond is one of the operations carried out by first using the drug last Friday when she works on David Hall, 53, had a malignant glioma.
To her colleague was Dr. David Walker the same procedure only days before in Brisbane.
Dr. Drummond says the technique is already commonly used in Europe and the United Kingdom.
The drug is given in the patient drink 3-4 hours before surgery, accumulation in the tumor cells that then the light blue glow of operating microscope.
"The drug essentially helps us visualize the ball better so we can distinguish from normal brain tumor. So we can use more of the tumor than was previously possible so that We protect the normal brain, "said Dr. Drummond ABC News Online.
She says it makes the complex surgery safer for patients.
"It may seem astonishing, but in reality are often not the difference in appearance between the tumor and brain as clear as you might think ... to be able to distinguish clearly between the tumor and the normal brain, this drug does things a lot easier for us, "she said.
"It is a simple way to both make surgery more efficient and safer. So I think probably a higher acceptance of this type of procedure throughout Australia."
She says as with any drug there is a risk of allergic reaction, but the main effect of this one side it makes people sensitive to light throughout the day.
"Obviously you would not want to go out sunbaking within 24 hours after you've made it, but only normal ambient light problem," she said.
Mr Hall was diagnosed but the tumor on Monday before the operation and Dr. Drummond praise him for being "brave enough to try something new".
Went home 48 hours after the surgery and is still recovering.
"We are still in the planning stages for his next therapy, but will almost certainly meant that radiation and chemotherapy," she said.
Regardless of the benefit given by this new procedure, the surgery is a team effort and Dr. Drummond heaped praise on the multiple specialists involved.
"We need the technicians to get the microscope work, we use complex tools to remove the tumor ... We use advanced imaging and MRI scans complex planned in advance so that the surgery takes full radiology department," a she said.
According to the latest Australian Institute of Health and Welfare figures (AIHW) 1123 people died from brain cancer in 2007.
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