Importance of tumor subtypes in cancer imaging
Cancer therapy has evolved from being broadly directed towards tumor types, to highly specific treatment protocols that target individual molecular subtypes of tumors. With the ever-increasing data on imaging characteristics of tumor subtypes and advancements in imaging techniques, it is now often p...
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| author | Ali Khader Marta Braschi-Amirfarzan Lacey J. McIntosh Babina Gosangi Jeremy R. Wortman Christoph Wald Richard Thomas |
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| description | Cancer therapy has evolved from being broadly directed towards tumor types, to highly specific treatment protocols that target individual molecular subtypes of tumors. With the ever-increasing data on imaging characteristics of tumor subtypes and advancements in imaging techniques, it is now often possible for radiologists to differentiate tumor subtypes on imaging. Armed with this knowledge, radiologists may be able to provide specific information that can obviate the need for invasive methods to identify tumor subtypes. Different tumor subtypes also differ in their patterns of metastatic spread. Awareness of these differences can direct radiologists to relevant anatomical sites to screen for early metastases that may otherwise be difficult to detect during cursory inspection. Likewise, this knowledge will help radiologists to interpret indeterminate findings in a more specific manner. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f205db6a231e49f0ba69dd97d7104bc22022-12-22T02:57:29ZengElsevierEuropean Journal of Radiology Open2352-04772022-01-019100433Importance of tumor subtypes in cancer imagingAli Khader0Marta Braschi-Amirfarzan1Lacey J. McIntosh2Babina Gosangi3Jeremy R. Wortman4Christoph Wald5Richard Thomas6Department of Radiology, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, 41 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01805, the United States of AmericaDepartment of Radiology, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, 41 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01805, the United States of AmericaUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School/Memorial Health Care, Division of Oncologic and Molecular Imaging, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, the United States of AmericaDepartment of Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510, the United States of AmericaDepartment of Radiology, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, 41 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01805, the United States of AmericaDepartment of Radiology, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, 41 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01805, the United States of AmericaDepartment of Radiology, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, 41 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01805, the United States of America; Correspondence to: Department of Radiology, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, 41 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01805, the United States of America.Cancer therapy has evolved from being broadly directed towards tumor types, to highly specific treatment protocols that target individual molecular subtypes of tumors. With the ever-increasing data on imaging characteristics of tumor subtypes and advancements in imaging techniques, it is now often possible for radiologists to differentiate tumor subtypes on imaging. Armed with this knowledge, radiologists may be able to provide specific information that can obviate the need for invasive methods to identify tumor subtypes. Different tumor subtypes also differ in their patterns of metastatic spread. Awareness of these differences can direct radiologists to relevant anatomical sites to screen for early metastases that may otherwise be difficult to detect during cursory inspection. Likewise, this knowledge will help radiologists to interpret indeterminate findings in a more specific manner.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352047722000405CancerTumor subtypePrecision medicineRadiomicsArtificial intelligence |
| spellingShingle | Ali Khader Marta Braschi-Amirfarzan Lacey J. McIntosh Babina Gosangi Jeremy R. Wortman Christoph Wald Richard Thomas Importance of tumor subtypes in cancer imaging European Journal of Radiology Open Cancer Tumor subtype Precision medicine Radiomics Artificial intelligence |
| title | Importance of tumor subtypes in cancer imaging |
| title_full | Importance of tumor subtypes in cancer imaging |
| title_fullStr | Importance of tumor subtypes in cancer imaging |
| title_full_unstemmed | Importance of tumor subtypes in cancer imaging |
| title_short | Importance of tumor subtypes in cancer imaging |
| title_sort | importance of tumor subtypes in cancer imaging |
| topic | Cancer Tumor subtype Precision medicine Radiomics Artificial intelligence |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352047722000405 |
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