The development of targeted therapies is a major breakthrough in the treatment of cancer. By evoking necrosis and cavitation, evaluation based on tumour size alone, as is done in the RECIST criteria, is no longer an adequate method. New molecular and functional imaging techniques are developed. This review focuses on the use of new imaging modalities for the evaluation of treatment response of pathway based targeted therapies. First, the basic principles of functional and molecular imaging modalities are briefly discussed. Thereafter, their clinical application in targeted therapies is correlated to the underlying biological mechanism. in this way, the best method for response evaluation for a new agent can be identified. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Christie Hosp, Canc Res UK Dept Med Oncol, Manchester M20 4BX, Lancs, EnglandChristie Hosp, Canc Res UK Dept Med Oncol, Manchester M20 4BX, Lancs, England
Board, R
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Jayson, GC
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Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Radiol & Bio X Program, Mol Imaging Program Stanford, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
Univ Wisconsin, Dept Radiol, Sch Med & Publ Hlth, Madison, WI 53706 USA
Univ Wisconsin, Dept Med Phys, Sch Med & Publ Hlth, Madison, WI 53706 USAStanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Radiol & Bio X Program, Mol Imaging Program Stanford, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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Christie Hosp, Canc Res UK Dept Med Oncol, Manchester M20 4BX, Lancs, EnglandChristie Hosp, Canc Res UK Dept Med Oncol, Manchester M20 4BX, Lancs, England
Board, R
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Jayson, GC
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Christie Hosp, Canc Res UK Dept Med Oncol, Manchester M20 4BX, Lancs, EnglandChristie Hosp, Canc Res UK Dept Med Oncol, Manchester M20 4BX, Lancs, England
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Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Radiol & Bio X Program, Mol Imaging Program Stanford, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
Univ Wisconsin, Dept Radiol, Sch Med & Publ Hlth, Madison, WI 53706 USA
Univ Wisconsin, Dept Med Phys, Sch Med & Publ Hlth, Madison, WI 53706 USAStanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Radiol & Bio X Program, Mol Imaging Program Stanford, Stanford, CA 94305 USA