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Posted 10 Jun 2024 at 08:48

Glowing dye helps see hidden prostate cancer cells

Not sure whether it will allow surgeons to remove the cells during RARP but might speed up salvage RT based on the number of cells observed.

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Posted 10 Jun 2024 at 08:48

Glowing dye helps see hidden prostate cancer cells

Not sure whether it will allow surgeons to remove the cells during RARP but might speed up salvage RT based on the number of cells observed.

User
Posted 10 Jun 2024 at 10:36

Any edition to the armoury to locate and kill the beast, must be a good thing๐Ÿ‘

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Posted 13 Jun 2024 at 07:15

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member


The Lister at Stevenage has been doing Neurosafe on the NHS for many years, although I think it was the only one. Several NHS hospitals which did it privately, did it as part of a blind trial on the NHS for a short while, but patients in the trial are not told if they had it or not.



I had my surgery at Guys (Nov 2019) and my surgeon had been using it for a while. It was part of the package and I stipulated as an explicit requirement along with retzius sparing approach. 


Yeah the trials unfortunately need a control during evaluation period. Necessary process but not something I would have wanted to be a part of. For me neuroSAFE picked up potential positive margin so surgeon took additional tissue while I was in theatre. Without neuroSAFE that would have been potentially left behind. As it turned out the histology paraffin sections showed them to be false positive….happy days ๐Ÿ˜Ž


 


 

Edited by member 13 Jun 2024 at 07:17  | Reason: Not specified

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Posted 10 Jun 2024 at 10:36

Any edition to the armoury to locate and kill the beast, must be a good thing๐Ÿ‘

User
Posted 10 Jun 2024 at 18:10
I SO AGREE ... This too will surely help with reoccurrences.

It's such a simple idea ... AMAZED IT HASN'T BE THOUGHT OF TILL NOW. THEY USE CONTRAST WITH THE CT's and MRI's after all.
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Posted 12 Jun 2024 at 18:59

It’s a great addition to the toolbox to aid real-time visibility during surgery.


NeuroSAFE does similar and has been available privately for ~5+ years. The NHS are rolling it out as it recently got NICE approval. 

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Posted 12 Jun 2024 at 23:40

The Lister at Stevenage has been doing Neurosafe on the NHS for many years, although I think it was the only one. Several NHS hospitals which did it privately, did it as part of a blind trial on the NHS for a short while, but patients in the trial are not told if they had it or not.

User
Posted 13 Jun 2024 at 07:15

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member


The Lister at Stevenage has been doing Neurosafe on the NHS for many years, although I think it was the only one. Several NHS hospitals which did it privately, did it as part of a blind trial on the NHS for a short while, but patients in the trial are not told if they had it or not.



I had my surgery at Guys (Nov 2019) and my surgeon had been using it for a while. It was part of the package and I stipulated as an explicit requirement along with retzius sparing approach. 


Yeah the trials unfortunately need a control during evaluation period. Necessary process but not something I would have wanted to be a part of. For me neuroSAFE picked up potential positive margin so surgeon took additional tissue while I was in theatre. Without neuroSAFE that would have been potentially left behind. As it turned out the histology paraffin sections showed them to be false positive….happy days ๐Ÿ˜Ž


 


 

Edited by member 13 Jun 2024 at 07:17  | Reason: Not specified

 
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