Maximum 11C-methionine PET uptake as a prognostic imaging biomarker for newly diagnosed and untreated astrocytic glioma

Abstract This study aimed whether the uptake of amino tracer positron emission tomography (PET) can be used as an additional imaging biomarker to estimate the prognosis of glioma. Participants comprised 56 adult patients with newly diagnosed and untreated World Health Organization (WHO) grade II–IV...

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Main Authors: Kosuke Nakajo, Takehiro Uda, Toshiyuki Kawashima, Yuzo Terakawa, Kenichi Ishibashi, Naohiro Tsuyuguchi, Yuta Tanoue, Atsufumi Nagahama, Hiroshi Uda, Saya Koh, Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Kenji Ohata, Yonehiro Kanemura, Takeo Goto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04216-5