Articles

Comparison of qualitative and semiquantitative strain elastography in breast lesions for diagnostic accuracy

Strain elastography can be purely qualitative or semiquantitative using both strain score and strain ratio. The aim of this study was to establish the accuracy of semiquantitative elastography using both strai...

Authors: Timothy Musila Mutala, Purity Ndaiga and Angeline Aywak

MRI of endometrium cancer – how we do it

Endometrial cancer is the most common malignancy of the female pelvis. New concepts in endometrial cancer treatment emphasize the value of MRI as a major predictor of lymph node metastasis and tumour recurrenc...

Authors: Matthias Meissnitzer and Rosemarie Forstner

How to use CT texture analysis for prognostication of non-small cell lung cancer

Patients with non-small cell lung cancer frequently demonstrate differing clinical courses, even when they express the same tumour stage. Additional markers of prognostic significance could allow further strat...

Authors: Kenneth A. Miles

Prostate MRI based on PI-RADS version 2: how we review and report

Prostate imaging and interpretation is based on prostate imaging reporting and data system version 2 (PI-RADS™ v2) providing clinical guidelines for multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) of the pr...

Authors: Philipp Steiger and Harriet C. Thoeny

How I read cancer imaging studies: the master class series

The generation of a report of findings and a conclusion for an imaging study is a fundamental process in the diagnostic work-up of cancer patients and plays a critical role in treatment decisions. It is theref...

Authors: Rodney J. Hicks

Chest CT for suspected pulmonary complications of oncologic therapies: how I review and report

In cancer patient during or following oncologic therapies with respiratory symptoms and pulmonary pathology at chest CT the differential diagnosis includes infection, therapy-induced disease and tumour progres...

Authors: Stefan Diederich

Evaluation of fluorescence imaging with indocyanine green in hepatocellular carcinoma

We hypothesized that indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence patterns using Clairvivo OPT in resected liver specimens could confirm hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) better than earlier commercial imaging systems. T...

Authors: Masaki Kaibori, Kosuke Matsui, Morihiko Ishizaki, Hiroya Iida, Tatsuma Sakaguchi, Takumi Tsuda, Tadayoshi Okumura, Kentaro Inoue, Shingo Shimada, Seiji Ohtsubo, Mitsuo Kusano, Yuzuru Ikehara, Eiichi Ozeki, Tomoki Kitawaki and Masanori Kon

Volume-based growth tumor kinetics as a prognostic biomarker for patients with EGFR mutant lung adenocarcinoma undergoing EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy: a case control study

We aim to determine whether volumetric assessment has the potential to serve as a prognostic biomarker, and to assess the relationship between longitudinal tumor data during treatment and prognosis in lung ade...

Authors: Ji Hyun Lee, Ho Yun Lee, Myung-Ju Ahn, Keunchil Park, Jin Seok Ahn, Jong-Mu Sun and Kyung Soo Lee

Functional imaging of hepatocellular carcinoma using diffusion-weighted MRI and ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT in patients on waiting-list for liver transplantation

To compare the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) with the standardized uptake values (SUV) measured by¹⁸F-FDG-PET/CT in naïve hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) nodules, and to ...

Authors: Samia Boussouar, Emmanuel Itti, Shih-Jui Lin, Thomas Decaens, Eva Evangelista, Melanie Chiaradia, Julia Chalaye, Laurence Baranes, Julien Calderaro, Alexis Laurent, Frederic Pigneur, Christophe Duvoux, Daniel Azoulay, Charlotte Costentin, Alain Rahmouni and Alain Luciani

Differentiation of epithelial ovarian cancer subtypes by use of imaging and clinical data: a detailed analysis

Primary epithelial ovarian carcinoma is sub-classified into serous, mucinous, endometrioid and clear cell subtypes. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has become an alternative treatment option past several years, as se...

Authors: Yumiko Oishi Tanaka, Satoshi Okada, Toyomi Satoh, Koji Matsumoto, Akinori Oki, Tsukasa Saida, Hiroyuki Yoshikawa and Manabu Minami

Cancer Imaging reviewer acknowledgement 2015

The Editor of Cancer Imaging would like to thank all reviewers who have contributed their time and expertise to the journal in Volume 15 (2015).

Authors: Rodney J. Hicks

Intravoxel incoherent motion MRI as a biomarker of sorafenib treatment for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a pilot study

To evaluate the association between the therapeutic outcomes of sorafenib for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the parameters of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM).

Authors: Natsuhiko Shirota, Kazuhiro Saito, Katsutoshi Sugimoto, Kenichi Takara, Fuminori Moriyasu and Koichi Tokuuye

C-arm computed tomography parenchymal blood volume measurement in evaluation of hepatocellular carcinoma before transarterial chemoembolization with drug eluting beads

C-arm computed tomography (CT) guided intervention is an increasingly applied technique in transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of this study was to analyse the val...

Authors: Roland Syha, Gerd Grözinger, Ulrich Grosse, Michael Maurer, Lars Zender, Marius Horger, Konstantin Nikolaou and Dominik Ketelsen

Prediction of occult lymph node metastasis using volume-based PET parameters in small-sized peripheral non-small cell lung cancer

Patients with small-sized peripheral non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but without lymph node metastasis, may be optimal candidates for sublobar resection. We aim to identify the predictors of occult lymph n...

Authors: Seong Yong Park, Joon-Kee Yoon, Kwang Joo Park and Su Jin Lee

Image findings of cranial nerve pathology on [18F]-2- deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography with computerized tomography (PET/CT): a pictorial essay

This article aims to increase awareness about the utility of ¹⁸F -FDG-PET/CT in the evaluation of cranial nerve (CN) pathology. We discuss the clinical implication of detecting perineural tumor spread, emphasize ...

Authors: Osama A. Raslan, Razi Muzaffar, Vilaas Shetty and Medhat M. Osman

Prognostic significance of ¹⁸FDG PET/CT in colorectal cancer patients with liver metastases: a meta-analysis

The role of 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography CT (¹⁸FDG PET/CT), as a prognostic factor for survival in colorectal cancer patients with liver metastases, is still controversial. We sought to perf...

Authors: Qian Xia, Jianjun Liu, Cheng Wu, Shaoli Song, Linjun Tong, Gang Huang, Yuanbo Feng, Yansheng Jiang, Yewei Liu, Ting Yin and Yicheng Ni

Evidence-based medicine and clinical fluorodeoxyglucose PET/MRI in oncology

Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging (PET/MRI) is a hybrid of two technologies each with its own evidence for clinical effectiveness. This article amalgamates evidence for clinical effective...

Authors: Kenneth Miles, Liam McQueen, Stanley Ngai and Phillip Law

Changes of lung tumour volume on CT - prediction of the reliability of assessments

For oncological evaluations, quantitative radiology gives clinicians significant insight into patients’ response to therapy. In regard to the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours (RECIST), the classif...

Authors: Hubert Beaumont, Simon Souchet, Jean Marc Labatte, Antoine Iannessi and Anthony William Tolcher

The value of the FDG-GaTate and proliferation marker (ki-67) in the assessment of neuroendocrine tumours (NETs)

Authors: AS Fathinul Fikri, JN Abdul, S Ramdave and R Syafik-Eid

Dual-energy CT in oncology: technical principles and clinical prospects

Authors: D Simons, M Kachelrieß and HP Schlemmer

Imaging of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: moving beyond “lumpology” with SSTR, FDG and MIBG molecular imaging

Authors: MS Hofman, D Pattison and RJ Hicks

Value of DWI volumetry for assessment of complete rectal cancer response after CRT

Authors: M Nazar, A Vazquez, L Alarcon, M Pascuzzi, M Wirtz and E Eyheremendy

Female pelvic malignancy: spectrum encountered in district hospital: an aid to a general radiologist

Authors: D Santosh and A Butler

Role of high resolution MR in assessment of cervical uterine carcinoma: staging, treatment planning and correlation with histopathology findings

Authors: MF Grana, M Nazar, F Saguier, M Di Cecco, F Troncoso, E Eyheremendy, S De Luca, L Tolkachier and M Wirtz

The value of ⁶⁸Ga-PSMA enhanced PET-CT and MR-PET in patients with biochemical recurrent prostate cancer

Authors: E Rummeny, K Holzapel, T Maurer, G Weirich, E Gschwend and M Eiber

Paediatric renal tumors

Authors: Alexander J Towbin

Chemo cured the cancer: what about the patient?

Authors: Nina Tunariu

Reporting oncoimaging in the appropriate oncology setting

Authors: S De Luca, C Carrera, E Casalini Vañek, L Tolkachier, L Alarcon and E Eyheremendy

Structured reporting of metastatic disease for improving communication in comprehensive cancer centers- a feasibility study

Authors: J Tesdorff, D Simons and H-P Schlemmer

Are contouring time and multimodality imaging prognostic factors for radiation therapy of advanced head and neck cancer?

Authors: Y Eller, ND Klass, M Schmuecking, O Elicin, R Bigler, J Tille, S Fankhauser, N Mertineit, B Klaeser and A Geretschlaeger

Thoracic pseudotumours: a pictorial essay

Authors: S De Luca, C Carrera, A Zanfardini, L Tolkachier, D Pascuzzi and E Eyheremendy

Imaging spectrum of lung adenocarcinoma with histopathological correlation

Authors: V Noble, A Shah and F Mcleod

Benign lesions that mimic cancer: Ovarian

Authors: Rosemarie Forstner, Thomas Meissnitzer and Matthias Meissnitzer

CT characteristic of early local recurrence after resection of the squamous cell carcinoma: comparison with CT characteristics of granulation tissue at stump site

Authors: Hye Jeon Hwang, Mi Young Ki and Chang-Min Choi

Lung cancer staging

Authors: Stefan Diederich and Matthijs Oudkerk

The role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in invasive lobular breast cancer based on mammographic density

Authors: GJ Bansal, D Santosh and E Davies

Accuracy of MRI for prediction of response to neo-adjuvant chemotherapy in triple negative breast cancer

Authors: GJ Bansal and D Santosh

The value of head imaging after PET-CT staging in NSCLC

Authors: A Kamil, L Bashir and Y Griffin

Imaging tumour response - challenges

Authors: Finn Rasmussen

Radiogenomics of glioblastoma: a window into its imaging and molecular variability

Authors: A Mahajan, A V Moiyadi, R Jalali and E Sridhar

An imaging review of extramedullary myeloma

Authors: M Kay, A King, B Shepherd, E Rutherford, J Smart and K Tung

Quantification of tumour heterogeneity and glucose metabolism on pre-chemoradiation PET/CT predicts survival in anal cancer

Authors: A Afaq, B Ganeshan, T Grenader, G Azzopardi, R Endozo, J Bridgewater and A Groves

Small bowel masses

Authors: Gabriele Masselli

Role of molecular functional imaging in present era of evidence based cancer medicine: to image or to imagine?

Authors: A Mahajan, G Cook, V Goh, S Basu, M Thakur and A Weeks

Oxygen-enhanced MRI can accurately identify, quantify and map tumour hypoxia in preclinical models

Authors: JPB O'Connor, JKR Boult, Y Jamin, M Babur, KG Finegan, KJ Williams, AR Reynolds, RA Little, A Jackson, GJM Parker, JC Waterton and SP Robinson

Imaging of IPMN of the pancreas: evaluation of malignant potential and resectability

Authors: Jeong Min Lee

Pre-treatment ADC histogram-analysis at whole body diffusion-weighted MRI predicts disease free survival in ovarian cancer

Authors: K Michielsen, I Vergote, F Amant, K Leunen, S Dymarkowski, F De Keyzer and V Vandecaveye

Spots and dots in the bones

Authors: Philippa Tyler

Establishing proforma reporting in a busy DGH

Authors: Sasha L Houghton

Multiparametric magnetic resonance tomography and MRI/TRUS-fusion-biopsy for index lesion detection: correlation with radical prostatectomy specimen

Authors: JP Radtke, C Schwab, MB Wolf, MT Freitag, C Alt, C Kesch, IV Popeneciu, C Huettenbrink, C Bergstraesser-Gasch, T Klein, S Duensing, S Roth, HP Schlemmer, M Roethke, M Hohenfellner and B Hadaschik