POSITRON-EMISSION-TOMOGRAPHY AND BRAIN-TUMORS

The first applications of positron emission tomography (PET)for the st udy of brain tumours appeared early in the development of this technol ogy. New trends in these particular PET applications tend to take into account the histological heterogeneity of these tumours and the neces sity to integrate PET data in their surgical management. Better knowle dge on PET tracers behavior in brain tumours should lead to new clinic al uses, in particular in the promising field of cancer treatment eval uation.