Sughrue:The Glioma Book

A unique resource on glioma leverages advances and firsthand insights to enact meaningful change. Glioblastoma (GBM) or glioma is an extremely aggressive and malignant brain tumor, characterized by cell infiltration, rapid invasion, and a high frequency of relapse. The Glioma Book by neurosurgeon Michael Sughrue is a highly personal work, a culmination of two years of writing and more than 1,000 surgeries. It presents a unique viewpoint with the potential to transform the traditional paradigm that too often informs the treatment of this universally fatal brain tumor.

The book reinterprets the role of the cerebrum and sub-cortex, leverages scientific advances to improve cytoreduction and reduce neurological deficits, and challenges the myth of the 'inoperable' glioma. This is the first step-by-step technical guide focused on aggressively resecting different types of gliomas. The book is logically organized, starting with a foundation of fundamental knowledge and then progressing to practical applications.

Chapters focus on the skills necessary to perform glioma surgery, specific techniques, and systematic approaches to gliomas in different brain regions. Numerous case examples illuminate concepts introduced earlier in the book and explain how to perform these procedures. About 30 high-quality videos provide insightful procedural guidance, covering the role of connectomic imaging in visualizing the cerebrum and other innovative techniques, including awake brain mapping and diffusion tensor tractography.

Neurosurgeons who embrace the concepts in this book will realize they can change the glioma treatment paradigm. Continually improving techniques and viewing a glioma diagnosis as a battle for a patient's life, rather than an exercise in inevitable failure, can impart progress in treating this devastating disease.