TABLE 3:

Comparison of relative cerebral blood volume and vascular permeability measurements in patients with primitive neuroectodermal tumors with low grade gliomas (grade II/IV) and high grade gliomas (grade III/IV and IV/V)

Tumor TyperCBVSDKtransSD
PNET (n = 12)4.761.990.00330.0035
Low grade glioma (n = 30)2.141.670.00050.001
P value<.0005<.05
High grade glioma (n = 55)5.823.570.00160.003
P value0.530.19
  • Note.—rCBV indicates relative cerebral blood volume; Ktrans, vascular permeability (s−1); PNET, primitive neuroectodermal tumor.