Prados M D, Berger M S, Wilson C B
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, USA.
CA Cancer J Clin. 1998 Nov-Dec;48(6):331-60, 321. doi: 10.3322/canjclin.48.6.331.
The ability to diagnose, monitor, and treat CNS tumors has been improved by new imaging techniques such as positron emission tomography (PET) scanning and functional MR imaging, stereotactic surgery, delivery of radiotherapy with brachytherapy and radiosurgery, and novel methods for delivering chemotherapy. These innovations combined with the new information about tumor pathogenesis and behavior revealed by molecular research give hope that more specific treatments for malignant CNS tumors will be developed in the future.
正电子发射断层扫描（PET）、功能磁共振成像等新的成像技术，立体定向手术，近距离放射治疗和放射外科的放射治疗，以及化疗给药新方法，提高了诊断、监测和治疗中枢神经系统肿瘤的能力。这些创新与分子研究揭示的有关肿瘤发病机制和行为的新信息相结合，让人看到未来有望开发出针对恶性中枢神经系统肿瘤的更具特异性的治疗方法。
