Glioma

Reports from Osaka University, Medical Department add new data to research in glioma

Published in Telemedicine Week, March 23rd, 2010

According to recent research from Suita, Japan, "C-11-methionine positron emission tomography (C-11-methionine PET) provides accurate detection of brain tumors. Several reports have analyzed the correlation between uptake of C-11-methionine and Ki-67 index or microvessel density non-stereotactically and Suggested that C-11-methionine uptake reflects both proliferation potential and angiogenic capability in gliomas."

"As gliomas possess heterogeneous histological architecture, non-stereotactic comparison of the histology and C-11-methionine PET image may not be accurate. in the present study, the correlation between C-11-methionine uptake and cell or microvessel density...

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Source: Telemedicine Week (2010-03-23)

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