Table 4:

Literature review

StudyYearTotal No.No. Enhanced (%)Comment
White et al.720073510 (29)Includes 2 nonenhancing anaplastic astrocytomas
Lin and Zhang13200442 (50)
Patel et al.111998151 (7)
Breger et al.12198930 (0)
Parizel et al.10198970 (0)Includes 1 pilocytic and 6 low-grade astrocytomas
Dillon et al.9198960 (0)Includes 6 recurrent astrocytomas
Sze et al.8198861 (17)Includes 4 primary and 2 recurrent astrocytomas
Total7614 (18)