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Abstract #0985

Imaging of tumor metabolism: a longitudinal study of tumor response to therapies using hyperpolarized [1- 13 C]pyruvate.

Heeseung Lim 1 , Kundan Thind 1 , Timothy Pok Chi Yeung 1,2 , Francisco M Martinez-Santiesteban 1 , Eugene Wong 2,3 , Paula J Foster 1,4 , and Timothy J Scholl 1,4

1 Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, 2 London Regional Cancer Program, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada, 3 Physics and Astronomy, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, 4 Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

This longitudinal study uses hyperpolarized 13 C MRSI to image and quantify metabolic changes in brain tumor in response to therapies. Wistar rats showed significant changes in tumour metabolism within a day or two after therapy measured by the ratio of lactate to pyruvate after injection of hyperpolarized [1- 13 C]pyruvate. This work establishes evidence for the capability of hyperpolarized 13 C MRSI to detect early metabolic changes in brain tumors in response to radio- and chemotherapies and the ratio of lactate to pyruvate as a longitudinal non-invasive biomarker for therapeutic response.

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