Static and dynamic 18F-FET PET for the characterization of gliomas defined by IDH and 1p/19q status.

Antoine VergerGabriele StoffelsElena K BauerPhilipp LohmannTobias BlauGereon R FinkBernd NeumaierNadim J ShahKarl-Josef LangenNorbert Galldiks

Published in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2017)

Data suggest that static and dynamic 18F-FET PET parameters may allow determining non-invasively the IDH mutation status. However, IDH mutated and 1p/19q co-deleted oligodendrogliomas cannot be differentiated from glioblastomas and astrocytomas by 18F-FET PET.

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