Gaetano Finocchiaro, MD

CONTACT

Giulia Berzero, MD, PhD

CONTACT

Lead Sponsor

IRCCS San Raffaele

Collaborators

Age

18 - 85 years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

•Age ≥ 18 years
•Finding, on an MRI scan of the brain with gadolinium, of a brain lesion compatible with a primary brain tumor, intra- or extra-axial, suspected for a high-grade glioma or a high-grade meningioma, manifested with new onset neurological symptoms
•Clinical indication to perform a biopsy or surgical resection of the lesion
•Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) ≥ 60
•Signature of informed consent

•Absolute contraindications to magnetic resonance imaging or to the administration of gadolinium (e.g. patients with pacemakers or other non-magneto-compatible devices)
•Known positivity for HIV, HCV or HBV
•There are clinical, biological or instrumental data suggesting that the brain lesion is non-neoplastic in nature (e.g., abscess, vascular malformation, inflammatory disease of the Central Nervous System)
•Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding