THE TIME COURSE OF STEROID ACTION ON BLOOD-TO-BRAIN AND BLOOD-TO-TUMOR TRANSPORT OF RB-82 - A POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHIC STUDY
THE TIME COURSE OF STEROID ACTION ON BLOOD-TO-BRAIN AND BLOOD-TO-TUMOR TRANSPORT OF RB-82 - A POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHIC STUDY
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DOI:
10.1002/ana.410250306
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发表时间:
1989-03-01
影响因子:
11.2
通讯作者:
ROTTENBERG, DA
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作者:
JARDEN, JO;DHAWAN, V;ROTTENBERG, DA
Blood-to-brain and blood-to-tumor transport rate constants for Rb (K1) and apparent tissue blood volume (Vb) were estimated in 8 patients with primary or metastatic brain tumors before and approximately 6 hours after a 100-mg intravenous bolus injection of dexamethasone using 82Rb and positron emission tomography. Eight additional patients were studied to evaluate test-retest variability and repositioning errors. Six hours following dexamethasone administration tumor K1 (but not Vb) was significantly reduced compared with contralateral control brain regions (p < 0.03). These data are consistent with our previously published 24-hour-postdexamethasone data and suggest that comparable effects of corticosteroids on brain/tumor capillaries may be observed at 5 to 6 and 24 hours. The time course of dexamethasone-induced alterations in brain/tumor capillary permeability supports the view that these alterations may be responsible for at least some of the antiedema effects of corticosteroids.