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Angiogenesis

Studies from Massachusetts General Hospital describe new findings in angiogenesis

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 6th, 2009

A report, 'Advances in neuroimaging techniques for the evaluation of tumor growth, vascular permeability, and angiogenesis in gliomas,' is newly published data in Current Opinion In Neurology. "This review will summarize new neuroimaging techniques, particularly MRI and PET imaging, that can be used to assess brain tumor growth and angiogenesis. Glioma tumor vasculature is abnormal, and advances in MRI now permit visualization of the hemodynamic properties of gliomas including cerebral blood volume and blood flow, vascular permeability, and blood vessel diameter," investigators in the United States report.

"New radiolabeled PET tracers have allowed more specific...

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