Dr. Terry Burns, neurosurgeon at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, shares how advances in brain tumor research are giving patients more hope, and why pushing the boundaries of treatment innovation remains critical.
A Mayo Clinic study suggests that a personalized blood test tailored to each patient's tumor DNA could provide a faster and less invasive way to determine if the cancer is advancing.
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Congratulations to our Mayo Clinic Neurologic Surgery Residency Class of 2032! We are excited to see all the great work you will do at @MayoClinic in Rochester. #matchday
Congrats to Cecile @CRivièreCazaux representing our @MayoClinicNeuro team at 2022 @EANS Congress: Can CSF biomarkers empower #glioma espionage? Thanks to our amazing patient pioneers with Ommaya reservoirs: helping us learn and cure #braintumors faster!
Big thanks to @IvyFoundation for supporting this grant: “Individualized CSF Proteomics for Real-Time Glioma Espionage.” Why must patients die to know if an experimental drug works (current status quo)? We suggest harness CSF for actionable answers while patients are still alive!
Glioma treatment today: Surgery -> chemoradiation -> wait for inevitably more aggressive recurrence. Our vision: Surgery -> Chemoradiation -> kill surviving latent cells BEFORE they can recover. #senolytics#mayoneurosurgery https://t.co/YGbztAI4xq
If you are interested in reading what made an immigrant neurosurgeon like me fall in love with the US, and my thoughts on #racism#georgefloyd#lebanon#war and the social turmoil that is tearing the US apart, here is my essay published in JNS today. Peace https://t.co/z3dQSQPWhn
Social media enables anyone with an internet connection to try and drown out the voice of actual experts. Facts, evidence, and experience matter. But their perceived value is declining. Our lives and society may depend on restoring expert’s voices. https://t.co/PuMcjOUBae
Humbling-Negative results rarely get published. What actually gets published is a biased corner of reality. This selection bias makes published results look 3x better than real truth. Critical & easy fix: Pre-register studies! #openscience#mayoclinic#gbm https://t.co/LFmWzcO2eL
Optimal patient care is a team effort—from pathologists and molecular geneticists to monitoring teams, and many others whose efforts behind the scenes changes lives. Thank you to our great team from one of my super-inspiring patients. https://t.co/1Bw1e2x4l8
Evolutionary Trajectories of IDHWT Glioblastomas Reveal a Common Path of Early Tumorigenesis Instigated Years ahead of Initial Diagnosis: Cancer Cell https://t.co/Yvgx6OmmHD
Brain tumors have a tragic way of finding the most inspiring people! Awake brain surgery is a collaboration of trust between provider team and the patient. But the most critical member of the team may be unseen. #GBM#Grace#mayoclinicneuro
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