brain neoplasms/tyrosine

We have used the polymerase chain reaction to clone and characterize growth factor receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) expressed in 3 pathologically distinct pediatric brain tumors, an anaplastic ependymoma, a glioblastoma multiforme and a primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET). These neoplasms are

OBJECTIVE 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

BACKGROUND The potential of the D-isomerization of 4-borono-2-18F-fluoro-phenylalanine (18F-FBPA) to improve its target tumor to non-target normal brain tissue ratio (TBR) was evaluated in rat brain glioma and compared with those of L- and D-11C-methyl-tyrosine (11C-CMT). The L- or D-isomer of

OBJECTIVE Positron emission tomography (PET) with the amino acid tracer L-[1-C-11]-tyrosine was evaluated in 27 patients with primary and recurrent brain tumors. METHODS Patients underwent either static (n = 14) or dynamic PET (n = 13), with quantification of protein synthesis rate (PSR) and

The aim of this study was to compare PET with O-(2-(18)F-fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine ((18)F-FET) and SPECT with 3-(123)I-iodo-alpha-methyl- L-tyrosine ((123)I-IMT) in patients with brain tumors. METHODS Twenty patients with a suspected brain tumor were investigated by (18)F-FET PET, (123)I-IMT SPECT,

Carbon-11-labeled amino acids have been successfully used to image brain tumors by PET. This study was undertaken to evaluate the potential of L-3-[123I]-iodo-alpha-methyl tyrosine (123IMT) for metabolic imaging of brain tumors. Ten patients (glioblastoma, oligodendroglioma, lymphoma, and

OBJECTIVE Scintigraphy using I-123-iodo-alpha-methyl tyrosine (IMT) is useful in the preoperative characterization of gliomas, in detecting recurrent glioma and in the biological re-evaluation of residual or recurrent tumours. A systematic evaluation of non-parenchymal brain tumours has not yet been

KIT receptor tyrosine kinase is expressed in tumor endothelial cells of adult glioblastomas, but its expression in pediatric brain tumor endothelial cells is unknown. We assessed expression of KIT, phosphorylated KIT, stem cell factor (SCF) and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2)

O-(2-[18F]fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine ([18F]FET) is the most promising radio-labeled amino acid tracer for brain tumor imaging due to the limitation of 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose ([18F]FDG) and L-methyl-[11C]methionine (11C-MET). However, it has some limitations in radiosynthesis and related

We have developed 18F-labeled alpha-methyl tyrosine (FMT) for PET imaging. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical application potential of FMT for patients with brain tumors. METHODS Eleven healthy volunteers and 20 patients with brain tumors were injected with 185 MBq (5 mCi) FMT. In 3

O-(2-[¹⁸F]Fluoroethyl)-_l-tyrosine ([¹⁸F]FET) has become one of the most successful amino acid tracers for human brain tumor imaging with positron emission tomography (PET). Facile fully automated radiosynthesis and quality control (QC) of [¹⁸F]FET using

SPECT studies with L-3-[123I]iodo-alpha-methyl tyrosine (IMT) were carried out in 10 patients with different types of brain tumors--first under fasting conditions (basal) and a week later during intravenous infusion of a mixture of naturally-occurring L-amino acids (AA load). An uptake index (UI)

L-3-[123I]iodo-alpha-methyltyrosine (123IMT) like tyrosine has been reported previously to have a high affinity for a transport system in the blood-brain-barrier (BBB). We examined the kinetic behavior of 124IMT in brain and plasma in two patients with glioblastoma using dynamic positron emission

The applicability of protein synthesis rate (PSR) determination with L-[1-11C]tyrosine (11C-TYR) and PET was assessed in patients suspected of a primary or recurrent brain tumor. METHODS Simultaneous to intravenous injection of 265 MBq of 11C-TYR, dynamic PET acquisition was started and continued

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of MR/SPECT image fusion on the interpretation of I-123 iodo-methyl-tyrosine (IMT) SPECT examinations in patients with pretreated brain tumors. METHODS In this retrospective study, 45 consecutive patients with suspected recurrent/residual