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. 2021 Feb 4;23(6):881–893. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noab013

Table 2.

Summary of Recommendations

Amino Acid PET (MET, FET, FDOPA) FDG PET Other PET Tracers Oxford Level of Evidence
Target delineation for radiotherapy planning ++ n.a. 2
Prognostic value of PET prior to radiotherapy ++ ++ n.a. 2
PET-based radiotherapy in patients with newly diagnosed gliomas (++) n.a. n.a. 3
PET-based re-irradiation in patients with glioma relapse (++) n.a. n.a. 3
Assessment of response to radiotherapy ++ + (++) 2
Differentiation of radiation injury from glioma relapse ++ a + n.a. 2
Use of artificial intelligence for radiotherapy (++) n.a. n.a. 3

Abbreviations: FDG, [18F]-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose; FDOPA, 3,4-dihydroxy-6-[18F]-fluoro-l-phenylalanine; FET, O-(2-[18F]-fluoroethyl)-l-tyrosine; MET, [11C-methyl]-l-methionine.

++ high diagnostic value; (++) high diagnostic value, but limited data available; + limited diagnostic accuracy; − not helpful; n.a. = only preliminary or no data available.

aIncreased accuracy when using dynamic FET PET.