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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-07-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Oncology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2016.00152/full |