Study Status: Active, not recruiting
Recruit Status: Active, not recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: A Pilot Study of Utility of 18F-FDOPA-PET for Neurosurgical Planning and Radiotherapy Target Delineation in Glioma Patients: Biopsy Validation of 18F-FDOPA-PET Uptake and Biodistribution in Brain Tumo
Brief Summary:
RATIONALE: New imaging procedures, such as fluorine F 18 fluorodopa-labeled PET scan, may help in guiding surgery and radiation therapy and allow doctors to plan better treatment.
PURPOSE: This clinical trial studies fluorine F 18 fluorodopa-labeled PET scan in planning surgery and radiation therapy in treating patients with newly diagnosed high- or low-grade malignant glioma