Radiologists Use Special MRI to Identify Brain Cancer Early

by Barbara Kram, Editor | March 25, 2008

"We have shown that perfusion MRI provides a noninvasive means of assessing the risk of transformation in individual patients," Dr. Waldman said. "Increasing perfusion can be regarded as an early warning sign of impending malignant transformation that can assist radiologists in identifying those patients most likely to benefit from earlier or more aggressive treatment."

Journal attribution:
"Low-Grade Gliomas: Do Changes in rCBV Measurements at Longitudinal Perfusion-weighted MR Imaging Predict Malignant Transformation?" Collaborating with Dr. Waldman were Nasuda Danchaivijitr, M.D., Daniel J. Tozer, Ph.D., Christopher E. Benton, B.Sc., Gisele Brasil Caseiras, M.D., Paul S. Tofts, Ph.D., Jeremy H. Rees, Ph.D., F.R.C.P., and H. Rolf Jager, M.D., F.R.C.R.

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