Image Guided Cancer Therapy Training Program

成像是癌症检测、表征和治疗的关键组成部分。富人 先进的成像方法的信息含量，加上不断增长的收集 在治疗过程中，来自各种来源和时间点的多种类型的图像创建了一个令人兴奋的 为放射肿瘤学、外科手术 和介入放射学。此外，开发新的治疗技术，包括 放射、微创手术或靶向消融，需要准确评估 个性化医疗的治疗效果。个性化治疗的能力在很大程度上取决于 取决于我们精确测量治疗效果并将其与相应结果联系起来的能力。 通过解剖、功能和代谢定量评估治疗反应 NIH已经确定成像在局部治疗的发展中具有关键的组成部分。 这些定量成像生物标志物的一致纵向采集、相关性和评价 在多种治疗中，有可能最终改善局部控制并减少毒性， 通过更好的癌症控制和生活质量来改善患者的预后。这些令人兴奋 医学博士安德森癌症中心的一项研究进展， 该计划授权科学家和医生组成的多学科团队解决临床 挑战和技术壁垒。该培训计划的目标是提供多学科 为未来图像引导癌症治疗（包括手术）的先驱领导者提供研究培训， 介入和诊断放射学，放射肿瘤学和相关病理学，使用先进的 成像导航和分析技术该培训计划的独特之处在于，它在一个 一个单一的程序，科学家和临床科学家在图像引导癌症治疗工作的所有 外科、放射肿瘤学和介入放射学三个焦点治疗学科。

Imaging is a critical component in the detection, characterization and treatment of cancer. The rich information content of advanced imaging methods, combined with the growing capacity to collect multiple types of images from various sources and time points during therapy creates an exciting opportunity for image-based guidance and assessment of interventions for radiation oncology, surgery, and interventional radiology. In addition, the development of novel treatment techniques, including radiation, minimally invasive surgery or targeted ablation, requires an accurate assessment of the treatment results for personalized medicine. The ability to personalize treatment is critically dependent on our ability to precisely measure and relate the delivered treatment with the corresponding outcome. Quantitative assessment of therapeutic response through anatomical, functional, and metabolic imaging has been identified by the NIH has a critical component in the advancement of local therapies. Consistent longitudinal acquisition, correlation, and evaluation of these quantitative imaging biomarkers across multiple therapies has the potential to improve the local control and reduce toxicities, ultimately leading to improved patient outcomes through better cancer control and quality of life. These exciting advances has led MD Anderson Cancer Center to develop an Image Guided Cancer Therapy Research Program, which is empowering multidisciplinary teams of scientists and physicians to address clinical challenges and technology barriers. The goal of this training program is to provide multi-disciplinary research training for tomorrow’s pioneering leaders in image guided cancer therapy, including surgery, interventional and diagnostic radiology, radiation oncology, and correlative pathology, using advanced imaging, navigation, and analysis techniques. This training program is unique in that it trains, within a single program, both scientists and clinician scientists working in image guided cancer therapy in all three focal therapy disciplines of surgery, radiation oncology, and interventional radiology.