%0 Journal Article %A Cantré, Daniel %A Gemescu, Ioan %A Gerigk, Lars %A Nagel, Armin M %A Essig, Marco %A Langner, Sönke %A Weber, Marc-Andre %T Added value of sodium MRI in multiparametric MRI for WHO grade II astrocytoma surveillance during "watchful waiting": initial experience. [Zusätzlicher Nutzen der Natrium-MRT bei multiparametrischer MRT zur Überwachung von WHO Grad II Astrozytomen während beobachtenden Abwartens: erste Erfahrungen] %J Die Radiologie %V 65 %N Suppl. 1 %@ 2731-7048 %C [Berlin] %I Springer Medizin Verlag GmbH %M DKFZ-2025-02418 %P 126-132 %D 2025 %Z #LA:E040# / 2025 Nov;65(Suppl 1):126-132 %X Unresectable WHO grade II astrocytomas require continuous imaging surveillance. To evaluate whether sodium MRI (23Na-MRI) adds diagnostic value to multiparametric MRI and helps predict progressive disease (PD), patients monitored under a 'watchful waiting' strategy were repeatedly examined.Overall, 18 patients with biopsy-proven WHO grade II astrocytoma (10 female, mean age 42 ± 15 years) were prospectively included after baseline imaging. The imaging protocol comprised morphological MRI (T2 TSE, T2 FLAIR, pre- and post-contrast T1 SE), DSC perfusion MRI (n = 17), and 23Na-MRI (n = 9) at 3 T. At baseline, evaluable 23Na-MRI was available for six patients. The Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology criteria were used to define PD. Semiquantitative ROI analysis was performed on DSC- and 23Na-MRI. Data were analyzed using the Cox regression model.In 14 patients (78 %K 3D radial gradient echo projection imaging sequence (Other) %K Brain tumor (Other) %K DSC perfusion MRI (Other) %K Low grade astrocytoma (Other) %K MRI in oncology (Other) %F PUB:(DE-HGF)16 %9 Journal Article %$ pmid:41222668 %R 10.1007/s00117-025-01531-0 %U https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/306178