Image-Guided Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer

Prominent physicians review past, current, and future applications of the many powerful imaging techniques now used in the diagnosis, staging, treatment, and outcomes assessment of cancers of the prostate, central nervous system (CNS), and breast. Topics range from the use of screening mammography and approaches to breast cancer detection using MRI to improved visualization of the prostate gland from transrectal ultrasound and MRI, to MRI-guided resection of neoplasms.

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Klappentext
Cancer detection and treatment have been greatly enhanced by advances in imaging technology during the last decade. In Image-Guided Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer, prominent physicians, expert in their fields, review past, current, and future applications of the many powerful imaging techniques now used in the diagnosis, staging, treatment, and outcome assessment of cancers of the prostate, central nervous system (CNS), and breast. The distinguished authors first consider the use of screening mammography and approaches to breast cancer detection using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and then demonstrate how improved visualization of the prostate gland from transrectal ultrasound and MRI has made it possible to diagnose prostate cancer and perform minimally invasive delivery of high-dose radiation to the tumor-bearing region(s) of the gland with minimal toxicity. Also treated is MRI-guided resection of neoplasms, which allows for minimally invasive biopsy and neurosurgery with maximum benefits. In addition, the use of sophisticated imaging technology to assess response to chemotherapy, map temperature profiles, and visualize gene expression in vivo are also discussed.
State-of-the-art and forward-looking, Image-Guided Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer will serve as the long-awaited, gold standard guide to optimal practice in medical imaging for prostate, breast, and CNS cancers, and point clearly toward the novel image guidance methods emerging today.

Inhalt
I. Image-Guided Diagnosis.- 1 Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Biopsy.- 2 Magnetic Resonance-Guided Prostate Biopsy.- 3 Image-Guided Needle Biopsy of Nonpalpable Breast Lesions.- 4 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and MRI-Guided Intervention in the Detection and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer.- 5 Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Stereotactic Biopsy in the Central Nervous System.- II. Image-Guided Therapy.- 6 Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Brachytherapy.- 7 Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Interstitial Prostate Brachytherapy.- 8 Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Neurosurgery.- 9 Recent Advances in Cancer Imaging as Applied to Radiotherapy.- III. Innovations in Imaging.- 10 Sequential Magnetic Resonance and Response of Breast Cancer to Neoadjuvant Therapy.- 11 Image-Guided Thermal Therapy for Prostate Cancer.- 12 Molecular Imaging of Cancer Using Fluorescent Probe Technology.