INTRODUCTION: Imaging currently performed in uro-oncology could provide useful information.
The use of all this information could help to better understand tumor growth and response to treatment. Therefore, it seems interesting to review the knowledge, to describe the main techniques currently available in many centers or in process and to clarify their results.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A systematic literature review was conducted in the PubMed database to identify all imaging techniques performed for therapeutic evaluation in uro-oncology. The keywords used were: cancer, kidney, bladder, prostate, urology biomarkers, imaging, ultrasound, CT-scan, MRI, PET-CT, RECIST, BOLD, ASL, gold DWI Diffusion, contrast, F-miso. The first publications identified were analyzed to search unidentified studies by the selected keywords.
RESULTS: From simple to more complex morphology data from functional imaging (PET, MRI), data obtained from imaging helps to better understand tumor growth and response to treatment. Although optimizations are coming, all the techniques reported are available in many centers or going to be.
CONCLUSION: The imaging evaluation in onco-urology can bring a large amount of information. Integrating to research protocols is now essential to sustain this activity.
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Cornelis F, de Clermont H, Bernhard JC, Ravaud A, Grenier N. Are you the author?
Service d'imagerie diagnostique et interventionnelle de l'adulte, hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux, France; Service de médecine nucléaire, hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux, France; Service d'urologie, hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux, France; Service d'oncologie médicale, hôpital Saint-André, CHU de Bordeaux, 1, place Jean-Burguet, 33076 Bordeaux, France.
Reference: Prog Urol. 2014 Jun;24(7):399-413.
doi: 10.1016/j.purol.2014.02.008
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24861679
Article in French.
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