Imaging Reveals Response to Targeted Glioma Treatment (image)

Massachusetts General Hospital

Caption

Three-dimensional magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging reveals a decrease in tumor levels of 2-hydroxyglurate -- a metabolite that may contribute to tumor initiation -- in a patient with IDH1-mutated glioma after a week of treatment with an investigational targeted drug.

Credit

Ovidiu Andronesi, M.D., Ph.D., Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital

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