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. 2019 Jan 5;21(5):585–595. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noz003

Table 3.

Summary of recommendations

Amino Acid PET (MET, FET, FDOPA) FDG PET Other PET Tracers Oxford Level of Evidence
Identification of newly diagnosed BM (++) na 3
Differential diagnosis of newly diagnosed BM (++) na 3
Differentiation of radiation-induced changes from BM recurrence ++ * + na 2
Differentiation of immunotherapy-related changes from BM recurrence (++) na na 3
Assessment of treatment response (++) na (++) 3

++ high diagnostic accuracy; (++) high diagnostic accuracy, but limited data available; + limited diagnostic accuracy; − not helpful; na = only preliminary or no data available; *increased accuracy when using dynamic FET PET