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Diagnostic Performance of [11C]Methionine Positron Emission Tomography in Newly Diagnosed and Untreated Glioma Based on the Revised World Health Organization 2016 Classification.
World neurosurgery - 1 Apr 2021
Nakajo Kosuke, Uda Takehiro, Kawashima Toshiyuki, Terakawa Yuzo, Ishibashi Kenichi, Tsuyuguchi Naohiro, Tanoue Yuta, Nagahama Atsufumi, Uda Hiroshi, Koh Saya, Sasaki Tsuyoshi, Ohata Kenji, Kanemura Yonehiro, Goto Takeo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The relationship between uptake of amino acid tracer with positron emission tomography (PET) and glioma subtypes/gene status is still unclear. OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between uptake of [11C]methionine using PET and pathology, IDH (isocitrate dehydrogenase) mutation, 1p/19q codeletion, and TERT (telomerase reverse transcriptase) promoter status in gliomas. METHODS: The participants were...
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