TY - JOUR AU - Cantré, Daniel AU - Gemescu, Ioan AU - Gerigk, Lars AU - Nagel, Armin M AU - Essig, Marco AU - Langner, Sönke AU - Weber, Marc-Andre TI - 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] JO - Die Radiologie VL - 65 IS - Suppl. 1 SN - 2731-7048 CY - [Berlin] PB - Springer Medizin Verlag GmbH M1 - DKFZ-2025-02418 SP - 126-132 PY - 2025 N1 - #LA:E040# / 2025 Nov;65(Suppl 1):126-132 AB - 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 KW - 3D radial gradient echo projection imaging sequence (Other) KW - Brain tumor (Other) KW - DSC perfusion MRI (Other) KW - Low grade astrocytoma (Other) KW - MRI in oncology (Other) LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 C6 - pmid:41222668 DO - DOI:10.1007/s00117-025-01531-0 UR - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/306178 ER -