Molecular imaging to plan radiotherapy and evaluate its efficacy

R Jeraj, T Bradshaw, U Simončič - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2015 - Soc Nuclear Med
Molecular imaging plays a central role in the management of radiation oncology patients.
Specific uses of imaging, particularly to plan radiotherapy and assess its efficacy, require an …

Imaging strategies in the management of oesophageal cancer: what's the role of MRI?

PSN Van Rossum, R Van Hillegersberg, FM Lever… - European …, 2013 - Springer
Objectives To outline the current role and future potential of magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) in the management of oesophageal cancer regarding T-staging, N-staging, tumour …

[PDF][PDF] Tissue metabolomics of hepatocellular carcinoma: tumor energy metabolism and the role of transcriptomic classification

D Beyoğlu, S Imbeaud, O Maurhofer… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the commonest causes of death from cancer. A
plethora of metabolomic investigations of HCC have yielded molecules in biofluids that are …

Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) with concurrent chemotherapy as definitive treatment of locally advanced esophageal cancer

F Roeder, NH Nicolay, T Nguyen, L Saleh-Ebrahimi… - Radiation …, 2014 - Springer
Background To report our experience with increased dose intensity-modulated radiation and
concurrent systemic chemotherapy as definitive treatment of locally advanced esophageal …

Symptomatic cardiac toxicity is predicted by dosimetric and patient factors rather than changes in 18F-FDG PET determination of myocardial activity after …

A Konski, T Li, M Christensen, JD Cheng… - Radiotherapy and …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To determine factors associated with symptomatic cardiac toxicity in patients
with esophageal cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We …

[HTML][HTML] Recommendations for MRI-based contouring of gross tumor volume and organs at risk for radiation therapy of pancreatic cancer

HD Heerkens, WA Hall, XA Li, P Knechtges… - Practical radiation …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose Local recurrence is a common and morbid event in patients with unresectable
pancreatic adenocarcinoma. A more conformal and targeted radiation dose to the …

Multimodal treatment of esophageal cancer

F Lordick, AH Hölscher, K Haustermans… - Langenbeck's archives of …, 2013 - Springer
Background The treatment of localized esophageal cancer has been debated
controversially over the past decades. Neoadjuvant treatment was used empirically, but …

Correlation between PET/CT parameters and KRAS expression in colorectal cancer

SW Chen, HC Chiang, WTL Chen… - Clinical nuclear …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Purpose The objective of this study was to correlate the association between mutated KRAS
and wild-type colorectal cancer (CRC) by using various 18 F-FDG PET–related parameters …

FDG–PET–CT reduces the interobserver variability in rectal tumor delineation

J Buijsen, J van den Bogaard, H van der Weide… - Radiotherapy and …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Previously, we showed a good correlation between
pathology and an automatically generated PET-contour in rectal cancer. This study analyzed …

[HTML][HTML] FDG-PET provides the best correlation with the tumor specimen compared to MRI and CT in rectal cancer

J Buijsen, J van den Bogaard, MHM Janssen… - Radiotherapy and …, 2011 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To compare CT-, MR-and PET-CT based tumor length measurements in rectal
cancer with pathology. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Twenty-six rectal cancer patients …