Diagnostic Imaging and Assessment of Therapeutical Response in Lung and Pleural Neoplasms
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Imaging and Theranostics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2021) | Viewed by 8320
Special Issue Editor
Interests: lung cancer; pleural mesothelioma; tobacco control and prevention; immunotherapy; breath analysis
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, the landscape of treatment of lung and pleural neoplasms has been revolutionized by new treatments, mainly represented by target therapies and immunotherapy. PET scan and CT scan are contributing to response assessment during these treatments via a different evaluation with respect to classical dimensional RECIST criteria.
Indeed, the introduction of i-RECIST (immune-RECIST) and revised m-RECIST for Pleural Mesothelioma represent criteria of response assessment tailored to the treatment and type of neoplasms.
In particular, the therapeutic response during targeted therapies and immune-checkpoint inhibitors requires a knowledge of particular aspects of diagnostic imaging; for example, the identification of a pseudoprogression is challenging, and the contribution of multiple techniques, including nuclear medicine imaging, would be beneficial in these cases.
Furthermore, recent reports have described some morphological characteristics as potentially predictive parameters of response to treatments and interesting findings in radiomics research could provide useful insights in the future.
This Special Issue will focus on the role and new aspects of diagnostic management during these treatments, with the awareness that a multidisciplinary contribution could help to achieve a better outcome for patients.
Dr. Annamaria Catino
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Lung and pleural neoplasms
- Diagnostic imaging
- Immunotherapy
- Target therapy
- Radiomics
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