Other brain tumors (2 oligodendrogliomas of grade II, 1 anaplastic oligoastrocytoma of grade III, 1 astrocytoma of grade II, 1 anaplastic ganglioglioma of grade III, 1 haemangiopericytoma of grade II, and 1 diffuse large B cell lymphoma) showed negative [123I]-VEGF results (Table 1). The gene discussed is VEGFA; the disease is astrocytoma (excluding glioblastoma).