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O-(2-[18F]fluorethyl)-L-tyrosine PET in the clinical evaluation of primary brain tumours.

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PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the differential uptake of O-(2-[18F]fluorethyl)-L-tyrosine (FET) in suspected primary brain tumours. METHODS:Positron emission tomography (PET) was performed in 44 patients referred for the evaluation of a suspected brain tumour. Acquisition consisted of four 10-min frames starting upon i.v. injection of FET. Tumour uptake was calculated as the ratio of maximal tumour intensity to mean activity within a reference region (FETmax). RESULTS:FET uptake above the cortical level was observed in 35/44 lesions. All histologically confirmed gliomas and many other lesions showed FET uptake to a variable extent. No uptake was observed in nine lesions (one inflammatory lesion, one dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour, one mature teratoma, six lesions without histological confirmation). An analysis of uptake dynamics was done in the patients with increased FET uptake (22 gliomas, three lymphomas, three non-neoplastic lesions, three lesions with unknown histology and four other primaries). Upon classification of tumours into low (i.e. WHO I and II) and high grade (i.e. WHO III and IV), a significant difference in FETmax between the two categories was observed only in the first image frame (0-10 min p.i.), with FETmax=2.0 in low-grade and 3.2 in high-grade tumours (p<0.05); no significant differences were found in frame 4 (30-40 min p.i.), with FETmax=2.4 vs 2.7. Similar results were obtained when the analysis was applied only to astrocytic tumours (2.0 vs 3.1 in the first frame; 2.4 vs 2.6 in the fourth frame). CONCLUSION:These initial results indicate that FET PET is a useful method to identify malignant brain lesions. It appears that high- and low-grade brain tumours exhibit a different uptake kinetics of FET. A kinetic analysis of FET PET may provide additional information in the differentiation of suspected brain lesions.

journal_name

Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging

journal_title

European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors

Weckesser M,Langen KJ,Rickert CH,Kloska S,Straeter R,Hamacher K,Kurlemann G,Wassmann H,Coenen HH,Schober O

doi

10.1007/s00259-004-1705-8

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-04-01 00:00:00

pages

422-9

issue

eissn

1619-7070

issn

1619-7089

journal_volume

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O-(2-[18F]fluorethyl)-L-tyrosine PET in the clinical evaluation of primary brain tumours.