BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Preliminary data indicate that apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values may be useful in identifying and grading primary cerebral tumors. We tested the hypothesis that ADC values can be used to differentiate tumor, edema, and normal brain tissue. METHODS Fifteen patients with high-grade cerebral astrocytomas underwent conventional MR imaging, diffusion-weighted MR im...

Abstract Brain tumors are a large and heterogeneous group of neoplasms that affect the central nervous system include some deadliest cancers. Almost all conventional new treatments fail to hinder tumoral growth most malignant brain tumors. This is due multiple factors, such as intra-tumor heterogeneity, microenvironmental properties human brain, lack reliable models test therapies. Therefore, c...

OBJECTIVES Glucose metabolism outside of oxidative phosphorylation, or aerobic glycolysis (AG), is a hallmark of active cancer cells that is not directly measured with standard (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET). In this study, we characterized tumor regions with elevated AG defined based on PET measurements of glucose and oxygen metabolism. METHODS Fourteen ind...

Brain tumors show genetic heterogeneity and various immunohistochemical / biomarkers are now available for brain tumor diagnosis in addition to the advanced molecular techniques. However the basic routine histopathology remains the gold standard for diagnosis corroborating with the characteristic radiology and immunohistochemistry to substantiate or confirm diagnosis and MIB1/Ki67 for grading o...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE MR imaging can measure tissue perfusion and the integrity of the blood-brain barrier. We hypothesize that a combined measure of cerebral blood volume and vascular permeability using vascular-space occupancy (VASO) MR imaging, a recently developed imaging technique, is of diagnostic value for predicting tumor grade. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-nine patients (9 World Hea...

BACKGROUND Central Nervous System (CNS) tumors have accounted for approximately one fourth of all pediatric malignancies. CNS tumors have been the most common solid malignancies among the children. In this study, we have evaluated survival and prognostic factors in children with non-brain stem astrocytoma. METHODS Children with non-brain stem astrocytoma, referring to radiation oncology cente...

BACKGROUND Both (18)F-fluorodihydroxyphenylalanine ((18)F-DOPA) and (18)F-fluoroethyltyrosine ((18)F-FET) have already been used successfully for imaging of brain tumors. The aim of this study was to evaluate differences between these 2 promising tracers to determine the consequences for imaging protocols and the interpretation of findings. METHODS Forty minutes of dynamic PET imaging were pe...

background and importance: the coexistence of pituitary adenoma and another type of brain tumor is a very rare clinical scenario. even though such a presentation can be an incidental event but the possible pathogenesis of coexistence of different lesions in the sella and suprasellar region has not yet been elucidated. case presentation: two cases of concomitant sellar and suprasellar region tum...

OBJECTIVES To demonstrate the feasibility of a novel fractional motion (FM) diffusion model for distinguishing low- versus high-grade pediatric brain tumors; and to investigate its possible advantage over apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and/or a previously reported continuous-time random-walk (CTRW) diffusion model. MATERIALS AND METHODS With approval from the institutional review board ...

Abstract Background Meningiomas are common primary brain neoplasms. CD44 is a cell surface glycoprotein receptor that involved in matrix-mediated signaling and cell–matrix adhesion. Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) plays important role angiogenesis tumor invasion. The expression of protein membranous cytoplasmic (CD44M CD44C) has been reported several tumors (such as lobular carcinoma, renal ...