The most frequent adult-type primary CNS tumours are diffuse gliomas, but a large variety of
rarer CNS tumour types exists. The classification of these tumours is increasingly based on …

An estimated 20% of all patients with cancer will develop brain metastases, with the majority
of brain metastases occurring in those with lung, breast and colorectal cancers, melanoma …

This guideline provides recommendations for the use of PET imaging in gliomas. The review
examines established clinical benefit in glioma patients of PET using glucose (18F-FDG) …

Despite the fact that MRI has evolved to become the standard method for diagnosis and
monitoring of patients with brain tumours, conventional MRI sequences have two key …

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the cornerstone for evaluating patients with brain
masses such as primary and metastatic tumors. Important challenges in effectively detecting …

Over the past decades, a variety of PET tracers have been used for the evaluation of patients
with brain tumors. For clinical routine, the most important clinical indications for PET imaging …

Glioblastoma (GBM) is a highly invasive brain tumor, whose cells infiltrate surrounding
normal brain tissue beyond the lesion outlines visible in the current medical scans. These …

The most common type of primary brain tumor is malignant glioma. Despite intensive
therapeutic efforts, the majority of these neoplasms remain incurable. Imaging techniques …

Purpose Areas of contrast enhancement (CE) on MRI are usually the target for resection or
radiotherapy target volume definition in glioblastomas. However, the solid tumour mass may …

Immunotherapy has become a fourth pillar in the treatment of brain tumors and, when
combined with radiation therapy, may improve patient outcomes and reduce the …