PET Imaging in the Evaluation of Cancer Treatment

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to submit your manuscript to this Special Issue entitled “PET imaging in the Evaluation of Cancer Treatment”. PET/CT and/or PET/MRI provide a hybrid functional and morphological imaging, which is particularly useful to guide clinicians for treatment selection, to evaluate the response to oncological treatments, and to assess recurrence and clinical outcomes. Despite several response criteria having been proposed (i.e., EORTC and PERCIST criteria), they are not always used in clinical practice and are unable to correctly assess the response to treatment in 100% of cases. Other parameters, such as volumetric ones, are often published in research papers but are not currently included in any response criteria.

This call is open to all papers investigating PET imaging in cancer treatment assessment. We will evaluate papers discussing the role of PET imaging in the selection and eligibility of patients for a determined cancer treatment. Moreover, papers discussing the therapy response based on PET/CT findings, whether with the use of recognised response criteria, visual assessment, semiquantitative parameters, or radiomics and artificial intelligence, will be considered. Finally, we will also consider papers discussing the role of PET imaging in follow-up, both for recurrence assessment and for the evaluation of patients’ outcomes.

We aim at publishing high-quality original articles, reviews, and metanalysis able to have a significant impact on clinical practice.

Dr. Luca Urso
Dr. Angelo Castello
Guest Editors

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