Post-WBRT cognitive impairment and hippocampal neuronal depletion measured by in vivo metabolic MR spectroscopy: Results of prospective investigational study.

CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest hippocampal NAA concentrations decline after WBRT and MRS may be a useful biomarker for monitoring neuronal loss after radiotherapy. PMID: 28063694 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - January 3, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Pospisil P, Kazda T, Hynkova L, Bulik M, Dobiaskova M, Burkon P, Laack NN, Slampa P, Jancalek R Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research