Featured Search — 18F-FDG PET Predicts Outcome in Pediatric Brain Stem Glioma

January 28, 2011

Top news from a Jan. 27 featured radiology search on SearchMedica: nuclear

Evaluation of ¹⁸F-FDG PET and MRI Associations in Pediatric Diffuse Intrinsic Brain Stem Glioma: A Report from the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine | Feb 1, 2011 (Free abstract. Full text $15)

Examination of baseline scans from a glioma-treatment trial of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium shows that the pattern and intensity of uptake in ^18FFDG PET scans in children diagnosed with brainstem glioma correlated with overall and progression-free survival rates.

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