Prediction of Pathology and Survival by FDG PET in Gliomas

Efficient stereospecific synthesis of no-carrier-added 2-[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose using aminopolyether supported nucleophilic substitution.

K. Hamacher, Heinz H. Coenen, G. Stöcklin · PubMed · 1986 · 1.4K citations

Synthesis Time, Nucleophilic Fluorination, Medicinal Chemistry +13

Intratumoral distribution of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose in vivo: high accumulation in macrophages and granulation tissues studied by microautoradiography.

Ryūko Kubota, Satoshi Yamada, Keiichi Kubota et al. · PubMed · 1992 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Engineering, Oncologic Imaging, Glioma +15

Glucose utilization of cerebral gliomas measured by [ ¹⁸ F] fluorodeoxyglucose and positron emission tomography

Giovanni Di Chiro, Robert L. DeLaPaz, Rodney A. Brooks et al. · Neurology · 1982 · 758 citations

High-grade Gliomas, Brain Lesion, Glioma +18

Positron Emission Tomography Using [18F] Fluorodeoxyglucose in Brain Tumors A Powerful Diagnostic and Prognostic Tool

G Di Chiro · Investigative Radiology · 1987 · 444 citations

Positron Emission Tomography, Neuro-oncology, Nuclear Medicine +12

Prediction of survival in glioma patients by means of positron emission tomography

Nicholas J. Patronas, Giovanni Di Chiro, Conrad Kufta et al. · Journal of neurosurgery · 1985 · 410 citations