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Quantitative volumetric analysis of the optic radiation in the normal human brain

The optic radiation is a dense fiber tract that emerges from the lateral geniculate nucleus and continues to the occipital visual cortex. Especially, the optic radiation is an important fiber ...
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NF Clinic Update and a Review of Pediatric NF Clinical Care Guidelines for Optic Pathway Gliomas and Indications for Neuroimaging in Children with NF1

It has been several months since Dr. Lane Rutledge, who was our colleague in the UAB NF Clinic, passed away unexpectedly, and her absence has been felt by those of us in the NF Clinic as well as by ...
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Progression-Free Survival in Children With Optic Pathway Tumors: Dependence on Age and the Quality of the Response to Chemotherapy—Results of the First French Prospective ...

Purpose: To evaluate a strategy aimed at avoiding radiotherapy during first-line treatment of children with progressive optic pathway tumors (OPT), by exclusively administering multiagent chemotherapy ...
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Researchers identify a brief window of opportunity to prevent NF1-associated optic pathway glioma

Nearly 20% of children with NF1 develop pLGGs along the optic pathway, also known as NF1-associated optic pathway glioma (NF1-OPG). Despite many advances in cancer therapy, there are no definitive ...