Purpose: The goals of this study were to survey and summarize the advances in imaging
that have potential applications in radiation oncology, and to explore the concept of …

The annual incidence of primary intracranial tumors is 7 to 19 cases per 100,000 people.
The general approach to the treatment of brain neoplasms is surgical resection of solitary …

Background Fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) has been shown to accumulate in
inflamed tissues. However, it is not known whether vascular inflammation can be measured …

OBJECTIVE: Methamphetamine has raised concerns because it may be neurotoxic to the
human brain. Although prior work has focused primarily on the effects of methamphetamine …

This study was performed to investigate the utility of FDG–PET for:(1) initial staging, and (2)
restaging of the primary and mediastinal nodal lesions 2 weeks after the completion of …

We report on a young woman who was treated by stereotactic radiotherapy for recurrence of
an initially resected low-grade astrocytoma. MRI follow-up examination 7 months after …

In 2002, 17,000 patients in the United States were diagnosed with tumors of the central
nervous system (CNS)[1]. The majority of these lesions occurred in the brain, because spinal …

Carcinomas of the sinonasal cavity constitute 3% to 4% of all head and neck neoplasms [1–
4]. Squamous cell carcinoma accounts for approximately 80% of these cancers, whereas …

Objectives: This study aimed to test the hypothesis that metabolic activity within periodontal
tissue (a possible surrogate for periodontal inflammation) predicts inflammation in a remote …

Background Clinical and/or neuroimaging changes after whole-brain radiation therapy
(WBRT) or stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for metastatic brain tumor (s) present the clinical …