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SUMMARY:Cancer Imaging: State-of-the-art and unmet challenges - Koh\, D-M 
 (The Royal Marsden Cancer Centre)
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CONTACT:Mustapha Amrani
DESCRIPTION:In the past decade\, the field of cancer imaging has continued
  to expand and grow in response to new challenges posed by our increasing 
 understanding of the molecular basis of cancer and introduction of novel t
 argeted treatments to the clinic. Technological advancement in imaging sof
 tware and hardware has enabled more rapid acquisition and processing of im
 ages\, which has led to the growth of functional imaging techniques.  We a
 re now able to apply a number of imaging techniques in oncological practic
 e for early diagnosis of disease\, detection of small volume disease\, pro
 viding a roadmap for treatment planning\, enabling novel assessment of tre
 atment response\, as well as for disease prognostication.  However there a
 re a number of imaging challenges which are currently unmet.  There is a n
 eed for continued validation and qualification of imaging biomarkers using
  histology\, patient outcome data and corroborative multi-parametric imagi
 ng. There is a recognised gap in translating imaging findings to treatment
  delivery\, particularly in radiotherapy. There is also a desire to move f
 rom simplistic unidimensional tumour burden estimates to volumetric diseas
 e quantification across the body.  Last but not least\, the presence of ph
 ysiological motion continues to pose diagnostic and therapeutic challenges
  to pinpoint biologically relevant disease for focussed treatments.\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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