Description:

O-(2-[18F]-fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine (FET) is a tracer for positron emission tomography (PET). The Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology (RANO) working group has officially recommended 18F-FET PET in the management of patients with brain glioma. Recently, the utility of 18F-FET PET in the diagnosis of fresh and residual gliomas has been reported by several investigators. But clinical usefulness of radiomics parameters has not been explored thoroughly in glioma patients. 18F-FET PET has been widely used in clinical studies or routine service in Europe, America, Mainland China, or Japan. However, 18F-FET PET is still not available in Taiwan. In this context, the investigator propose this study to explore the role of multiparametric 18F-FET PET imaging for glioma in Taiwan, with the emphasis in radiomics analysis.