[Cerebral gliomas: imaging diagnosis and follow-up].
The management of gliomas evolves towards more aggressive strategies with a combination of surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Follow-up imaging based on morphological MRI, with simple and reproducible protocols, may be associated with functional MRI and spectroscopy. Baseline postsurgical MRI must be performed within the first three days. Follow-up examinations should be done 2 months after radiotherapy and during chemotherapy, usually after each cycle of two or three treatments. Continued follow-up after therapy is recommended to assess response and detect recurrences or therapeutic complications.
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Service de Neuroradiologie, Hôpital Central, CHU de Nancy, 29, avenue Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 54035 Nancy. s.bracard@chu-nancy.fr
Taillandier
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Antoine
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Kremer
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Taillandier
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Schmitt
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D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging