What is the Gleason Score?

The most common system to evaluate and describe prostate cancer currently in use is the Gleason grading system. After a biopsy, the pathologist assigns a primary grade from 1 to 5, with 5 being the...

Modified measure quickly and effectively gauges intraventricular hemorrhage

Researchers have modified the Graeb score to produce a reliable, simple, quick, and clinically meaningful approximation of intraventricular hemorrhage volume.

It is not the ride: inter-hospital transport is not an independent risk factor for intraventricular hemorrhage among very low birth weight infants

New drug is first to help patients with recurrent low-grade ovarian cancer

Low-grade serous ovarian cancer is less common and aggressive than the high-grade variety, yet exceptionally difficult to treat when frontline therapy fails.

The Role of Early Resection vs Biopsy in the Management of Low-Grade Gliomas Early vs Late Surgery in Low-Grade Gliomas

Gliomas are primary tumors of the central nervous system and are classified into grades I to IV according to histologic criteria. Grades I and II are low-grade gliomas and grades III and IV are consid...

First grade math skills set foundation for later math ability

Children who failed to acquire a basic math skill in first grade scored far behind their peers by seventh grade on a test of the mathematical abilities needed to function in adult life, according to.....

Study shows intraventricular chemotherapy increases overall survival in LMC patients

Lung cancer is one of the most common primary cancers that cause leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LMC), when cancer spreads to the membranes surrounding the spinal cord and brain. Cases of LMC have incr...

Study drug is first to help patients with recurrent low-grade ovarian cancer

(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Low-grade serous ovarian cancer is less common and aggressive than the high-grade variety, yet exceptionally difficult to treat when frontline therap...

Selumetinib shows high response rate for patients with low-grade serous ovarian cancer

Low-grade serous ovarian cancer is less common and aggressive than the high-grade variety, yet exceptionally difficult to treat when frontline therapy fails.

Harvey Cushing's Surgical Treatment of a Pediatric Patient with an Intraventricular Glioma.

Background/Aims: The combination of inadequate technology and incomplete nomenclature systems created challenges for early neurosurgeons, and contributed to the dismal prognosis for brain tumors, part...

Zero drift of intraventricular and subdural intracranial pressure monitoring systems.

Objective: To assess zero drift of intraventricular and subdural intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring systems. Methods: A prospective study was conducted in patients who received Codman ICP monitori...

The Effect of Intraventricular Trajectory on Brain Shift in Deep Brain Stimulation.

Background: Brain shift during deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery may compromise target localization. Loss of cerebrospinal fluid is believed to be the underlying mechanism, thus an intraventricular...

Hypernatremia and grade III/IV intraventricular hemorrhage among extremely low birth weight infants.

Objective:To identify the risk factors contributing to intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) in extremely low birth weight infants during early postnatal life, after appropriate matching for gestational a...

Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium ventriculitis in a newborn with combined intravenous and intraventricular chloramphenicol.

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) infection is a rare event in paediatric patients and often occurs under immunosuppression or after surgical intervention. We report what is to the best...