Metabolic Imaging to Assess Treatment Response to Cytotoxic and Cytostatic Agents

For several decades, cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agents were considered the basis of anti-cancer treatment for patients with metastatic tumors. A decrease in tumor burden, assessed by volumetric computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), according to the Response Evaluation Criter...

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Main Authors: Natalie Julie Serkova, S Gail Eckhardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2016.00152/full