Molecular Imaging in Pediatric Brain Tumors.

ABSTRACT: In the last decade, several radiopharmaceuticals have been developed and investigated for imaging in vivo of pediatric brain tumors with the aim of exploring peculiar metabolic processes as glucose consumption, amino-acid metabolism, and protein synthesis with nuclear medicine techniques. Although the clinical shreds of evidence are limited, preliminary results are encouraging. In this review, we performed web-based and desktop research summarizing the most relevant findings of the literature published to date on this topic. Particular attention was given to the wide spectrum of nuclear medicine advances and trends in pediatric neurooncology and neurosurgery. Furthermore, the role of somatostatin receptor imaging through single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emiss

SUBMITTER: Chiaravalloti A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6966547 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature