Radiation injury of the brain.

PE Valk, WP Dillon - American Journal of Neuroradiology, 1991 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
The clinical, radiologic, and pathologic findings in radiation injury of the brain are reviewed.
Late radiation injury is the major, dose-limiting complication of brain irradiation and occurs in …

Differentiating tumor recurrence from treatment necrosis: a review of neuro-oncologic imaging strategies

N Verma, MC Cowperthwaite, MG Burnett… - Neuro …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Differentiating treatment-induced necrosis from tumor recurrence is a central challenge in
neuro-oncology. These 2 very different outcomes after brain tumor treatment often appear …

Malignant gliomas: MR imaging spectrum of radiation therapy-and chemotherapy-induced necrosis of the brain after treatment

AJ Kumar, NE Leeds, GN Fuller, P Van Tassel… - Radiology, 2000 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To describe both the common and less frequently encountered magnetic
resonance (MR) imaging features of radiation therapy–and chemotherapy-induced brain …

Gliomas of the anterior visual pathway

JJ Dutton - Survey of ophthalmology, 1994 - Elsevier
Gliomas of the anterior visual pathway are rare orbital lesions accounting for 65% of all
intrinsic optic nerve tumors. These lesions occur principally among children in the first …

Differentiating recurrent tumor from radiation necrosis: time for re-evaluation of positron emission tomography?

PE Ricci, JP Karis, JE Heiserman… - American Journal …, 1998 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
UNLABELLED Our purpose was to evaluate the ability of FDG PET to differentiate recurrent
tumor from posttherapy radiation necrosis. METHODS MR images, PET scans, and medical …

Can standard magnetic resonance imaging reliably distinguish recurrent tumor from radiation necrosis after radiosurgery for brain metastases? A radiographic …

IM Dequesada, RG Quisling, A Yachnis… - Neurosurgery, 2008 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE Stereotactic radiosurgery is a commonly used treatment method in the
management of metastatic brain tumors. When lesions enlarge after radiosurgery, it may …

Brain radiation lesions: MR imaging.

GC Dooms, S Hecht, M Brant-Zawadzki, Y Berthiaume… - Radiology, 1986 - pubs.rsna.org
This retrospective study was performed to assess the capability of magnetic resonance (MR)
to depict and characterize diffuse and focal radiation lesions in the brain using the spin-echo …

Subacute brain atrophy after radiation therapy for malignant brain tumor

A Asai, M Matsutani, T Kohno, O Nakamura… - Cancer, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
Brain atrophy with mental and neurologic deterioration developing a few months after
radiation therapy in patients without residual or recurrent brain tumors has been recognized …

Neurobehavioral effects of central nervous system prophylactic treatment of cancer in children

JM Fletcher, DR Copeland - Journal of clinical and experimental …, 1988 - Taylor & Francis
This article reviews 41 studies of the effects of prophylactic CNS treatment on the
neurobehavioral development of children with cancer. This research is classified according …

PET of malignant cerebral tumors after interstitial brachytherapy: demonstration of metabolic activity and correlation with clinical outcome

PE Valk, TF Budinger, VA Levin, P Silver… - Journal of …, 1988 - thejns.org
✓ Positron emission tomography (PET) with rubidium-82 (82 Rb) and fluorine-18-
fluorodeoxyglucose (18 F-FDG) was used to diagnose active tumor recurrence and to …