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Published on: March 7, 2011
Evaluation of cancer treatment in the abdomen: Trends and advances
Silanath Peungjesada1, Hubert H Chuang, Srinivasa R Prasad
1Silanath Peungjesada, Srinivasa R Prasad, Haesun Choi, Evelyne M Loyer, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, United States.
Abstract:
Response evaluation in Oncology has relied primarily on change in tumor size. Inconsistent results in the prediction of clinical outcome when size based criteria are used and the increasing role of targeted and loco-regional therapies have led to the development of new methods of response evaluation that are unrelated to change in tumor size. The goals of this review are to expose briefly the size based criteria and to present the non-size based approaches that are currently applicable in the clinical setting. Other paths that are still being explored are not discussed in details.
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