Iagaru Andrei
Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center Stanford, CA, USA.
Am J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2011;1(1):63-4. Epub 2011 Jul 30.
Utilizing novel imaging modalities for defining response and predicting long-term outcome after treatment may have a significant impact on cancer patient management. (18)F-FDG PET/CT has great potential for use in early assessment of response to cancer therapy. However, the lack of a general consensus on a specific set of response criteria makes adoption of PET difficult for the oncology community. The optimal time after initiating therapy for assessing response to treatment also has yet to be clearly determined.
利用新型成像方式来定义治疗后的反应并预测长期结果,可能会对癌症患者的管理产生重大影响。(18)F-FDG PET/CT在癌症治疗反应的早期评估中具有巨大的应用潜力。然而,对于一套特定的反应标准缺乏普遍共识,这使得肿瘤学界难以采用PET。开始治疗后评估治疗反应的最佳时间也尚未明确确定。