Brain Imaging of Patients Suffering from Cancer
Author: Tashiro M 1,6//Kamada M 2//Itoh M 1//Kumano H 3////
Affiliation:
Div. of Nuclear Medicine, Cyclotron Radioisotope Center, Tohoku Univ. (Sendai, Japan) [1]//Laboratory of Neuroinfomation Science, Tohoku-Gakuin Univ. (Sendai, Japan) [2]//Dept. of Human Behavioral Science, Tohoku Univ. School of Medicine (Sendai, Japan) [3]//Dept. of Geriatric Medicine, Tohoku Univ. School of Medicine [6]////
Conference/Journal: J Intl Soc Life Info Science
Date published: 1997
Other:
Volume ID: 15 , Issue ID: 2 , Pages: 408-411 , Special Notes: [Proceedings of Fourth Symposium of Life Information Science; without peer-reviewed] , Word Count: 61
Brain data obtained from 19 lung cancer patients by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18-F-FDG-PET) were compared with those of ten inpatients with a benign disease. Reduction of regional brain metabolism was found in cancer patients mainly in the bilateral orbitofrontal cortices and putamen. Activated regions were the posterior parietal and visual cortices. The hypothalamus did not show changes in the glucose metabolism.
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