/innovation/taxonomy/term/393/all en /innovation/article/made-quebec/made-quebec-illuminating-hidden-brain-cancer-cells <p>It's a scene that plays out daily in operating rooms around the world: a surgeon removes a malignant brain tumour. But rather than registering the satisfaction of having saved a patient’s life, hanging in the air is an all-too-real statistic; in 99.5% of these operations, unseen cancer cells remain. That hidden cancer will eventually grow and spread, and the operation will have become only a short reprieve for the patient and their family.</p> Wed, 17 Nov 2021 14:47:24 +0000 Philip Fine 23923 at /innovation