to help image the adrenal medulla — a gland adjacent to the kidney in which these tumors form. MIBG binds to a protein commonly expressed on the surface of PPGL cells, which facilitates the ...

Patients with supratentorial (thalamus/hypothalamus, midbrain) tumors had a 10-year disease-free survival of 15.4% compared to 29.6% for those with infratentorial (pons, medulla) tumors (P = 0.07).