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Fourteen patients with cerebral gliomas were studied with positron emission tomography (PET) using L-[methyl-11C]methionine (11C-MET). Positive images of tumour were obtained in all cases regardless of histological grades. The analysis of differential absorption ratio (DAR) showed the higher accumulation of11C-MET in high grade gliomas than in low grade gliomas. PET study with11C-MET will be of great value not only in delineating the location of gliomas, but also in making a qualitative diagnosis from the view point of the biological properties of gliomas.
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Kameyama, M., Shirane, R., Itoh, J. et al. The accumulation of11C-methionine in cerebral glioma patients studied with PET. Acta neurochir 104, 8–12 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01842885
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