R L DeLaPaz

TL;DR: A correlation between rate of glycolysis and malignancy in primary cerebral tumors is found and Cerebral cortical glucose utilization was often depressed in areas adjacent to or neurally connected to the tumor site, and there was focal irregular delta wave EEG activity in these areas.

TL;DR: Five patients who had undergone radiation therapy for cerebral tumors and whose conditions were deteriorating were examined by means of positron emission tomography (PET) with [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose and the two cases of radiation necrosis were distinguished from the three recurrent tumors.

TL;DR: A comparison of the glycolytic rate as determined by positron emission tomography with 18F-deoxyglucose (FDG) and cerebral contrast computed tomography (CT) was carried out in 72 cases of cerebral glioma, finding FDG-PET is more accurate than contrast CT in predicting tumor grade.

TL;DR: PET scanning with [18F]-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) was used to study 59 patients with astrocytomas and three patients with other cerebral mass lesions, finding that this approach may become a useful tool for improved understanding of the clinical presentation of certain pathologic entities.

TL;DR: Human glioma-derived cell cultures adequately reflect the metabolic capacity of gliomas in situ and are significantly altered in several aspects of their glycolytic metabolism.