Focus: Advances in oncologic imaging: Update on 5 Common Cancers

Imaging has become a pivotal component throughout a patient's encounter with cancer, from initial disease detection and characterization through treatment response assessment and posttreatment follow-up. Recent progress in imaging technology has presented new opportunities for improving clinical care. This article provides updates on the latest approaches to imaging of 5 common cancers: breast, lung, prostate, and colorectal cancers, and lymphoma.

Source: Advances in oncologic imaging: Update on 5 Common Cancers. Akin O, Brennan SB, Dershaw DD, Ginsberg MS, Gollub MJ, Schöder H, Panicek DM, Hricak H. CA Cancer J Clin. 2012 Nov;62(6):364-93.

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