Molecular Imaging, Oncology, and the Arc toward Our Precision Future.
Molecular Imaging, Oncology, and the Arc toward Our Precision Future.
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分子成像、肿瘤学和通往精准未来的弧线。
DOI:
10.1148/radiol.231930
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发表时间:
2023
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影响因子:
19.7
通讯作者:
Mahmood,Umar
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作者:
Mahmood,Umar
abnormalities and measure their response to treatment. Unlike blood tests, which do not generally provide information on where these abnormalities are occurring, molecular imaging provides an assessment of the level of a specific target abnormality across all metastatic sites. Moreover, heterogeneity is often seen across tumor foci within individual patients, which is compounded over time by the selection pressure of therapeutics. Cancer cells that accumulate mutations that render an administered drug less effective are more likely to survive. Molecular imaging allows an understanding of how expression varies both at different tumor sites and over time. This enables more effective treatments, combinations, and early changes to regimens when imaging suggests sites of therapy failure are likely to occur. In the coming years, we will see a growing intertwining of advanced genomic analysis of tissue samples before treatment starts, combined with molecular imaging and serum testing performed before and during cancer treatment.