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Guideline
. 2005 May 9;92(9):1599-610.
doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602550.

The assessment of antiangiogenic and antivascular therapies in early-stage clinical trials using magnetic resonance imaging: issues and recommendations

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The assessment of antiangiogenic and antivascular therapies in early-stage clinical trials using magnetic resonance imaging: issues and recommendations

M O Leach et al. Br J Cancer. .

Abstract

Vascular and angiogenic processes provide an important target for novel cancer therapeutics. Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging is being used increasingly to noninvasively monitor the action of these therapeutics in early-stage clinical trials. This publication reports the outcome of a workshop that considered the methodology and design of magnetic resonance studies, recommending how this new tool might best be used.

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Example of Ktrans maps, superimposed on T1-weighted images of a patient with primary peritoneal carcinoma with left pelvic side wall nodal metastases (arrow). Images are before and 4 h after the first dose of Combretastatin (52 mg m−2). The colour scale ranges from Ktrans values of 0 to 1 min−1. A dramatic reduction of transfer constant is seen. This was published with kind permission from the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Padhani, 2002).

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