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Abstract #1102

Glycine, a marker of survival in paediatric brain tumours measured with non-invasive Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: A five-year survival analysis.

Ben Babourina-Brooks1, Sarah Kohe1, Simrandip K Gill1, Martin Wilson2, Lesley Macpherson3, Nigel P Davies4, and Andrew C Peet1,3

1University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 2Birmingham University Imaging Centre, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 3Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 4Imaging & Medical Physics, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Brain tumours have a high mortality rate and are the most common solid tumour of childhood. MRS is a non-invasive imaging technique that measures tumour metabolites which can provide prognostic information to aid clinical management. The metabolite glycine is associated with proliferation and tumorigenesis through the one-carbon metabolic cycle. Glycine concentration has been shown to increase with tumour grade using short echo time MRS at 1.5T, however has not been assessed as a survival marker. This study investigates glycine as a marker of survival in paediatric brain tumours and assesses its added value compared to other established metabolite survival markers.

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