Brain Tumors: Planning and Monitoring Therapy with Positron Emission Tomography

摘要: The term ‘brain tumor’ encompasses a broad spectrum of individual pathologies, affecting heterogeneous patient population, with few clear etiological factors and widely varying prognostic implications. These tumors range from localized, potentially curable, benign lesions in childhood to rapidly progressive malignant disease an increasing prevalence ageing population. Most primary brain adults are inherently infiltrating lesions, giving rise symptoms for the adding difficulty treating condition without imposing permanent neurological deficits. Despite improvements diagnostic techniques potential therapies, outcomes these patients have not improved substantially over recent years. In fact, average “years life lost” by tumor central nervous system was more than that any other cancer one review (Burnet et al. 2005). This highlights need optimize current management as well necessity further research development.