Therapy Monitoring with Functional and Molecular MR Imaging.

Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am

Department of Radiology, Complexo Hospitalario de Santiago de Compostela (CHUS), Choupana s/n, Santiago de Compostela 15706, Spain.

Published: February 2016

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  • - Cancer treatment mainly involves a mix of surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, alongside newer options like targeted therapies, hormonotherapy, immunotherapy, and interventional techniques to better fight tumors.! - Traditional imaging methods and current assessment criteria often fail to accurately gauge the success of targeted therapies.! - MR imaging is becoming a valuable tool for assessing therapy responses, providing detailed anatomic, physiologic, and molecular information that may be more effective than conventional imaging methods.

Article Abstract

Cancer therapy is mainly based on different combinations of surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. Additionally, targeted therapies (designed to disrupt specific tumor hallmarks, such as angiogenesis, metabolism, proliferation, invasiveness, and immune evasion), hormonotherapy, immunotherapy, and interventional techniques have emerged as alternative oncologic treatments. Conventional imaging techniques and current response criteria do not always provide the necessary information regarding therapy success particularly to targeted therapies. In this setting, MR imaging offers an attractive combination of anatomic, physiologic, and molecular information, which may surpass these limitations, and is being increasingly used for therapy response assessment.

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