TY - JOUR
T1 - Whole-body MRI in pediatric patients with cancer
AU - Guimarães, Marcos Duarte
AU - Noschang, Julia
AU - Teixeira, Sara Reis
AU - Santos, Marcel Koenigkam
AU - Lederman, Henrique Manoel
AU - Tostes, Vivian
AU - Kundra, Vikas
AU - Oliveira, Alex Dias
AU - Hochhegger, Bruno
AU - Marchiori, Edson
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Author(s).
PY - 2017/2/10
Y1 - 2017/2/10
N2 - Cancer is the leading cause of natural death in the pediatric populations of developed countries, yet cure rates are greater than 70% when a cancer is diagnosed in its early stages. Recent advances in magnetic resonance imaging methods have markedly improved diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, while avoiding the risks of ionizing radiation that are associated with most conventional radiological methods, such as computed tomography and positron emission tomography/computed tomography. The advent of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging in association with the development of metabolic- and function-based techniques has led to the use of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging for the screening, diagnosis, staging, response assessment, and post-therapeutic follow-up of children with solid sporadic tumours or those with related genetic syndromes. Here, the advantages, techniques, indications, and limitations of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging in the management of pediatric oncology patients are presented.
AB - Cancer is the leading cause of natural death in the pediatric populations of developed countries, yet cure rates are greater than 70% when a cancer is diagnosed in its early stages. Recent advances in magnetic resonance imaging methods have markedly improved diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, while avoiding the risks of ionizing radiation that are associated with most conventional radiological methods, such as computed tomography and positron emission tomography/computed tomography. The advent of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging in association with the development of metabolic- and function-based techniques has led to the use of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging for the screening, diagnosis, staging, response assessment, and post-therapeutic follow-up of children with solid sporadic tumours or those with related genetic syndromes. Here, the advantages, techniques, indications, and limitations of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging in the management of pediatric oncology patients are presented.
KW - Magnetic resonance imaging
KW - Neoplasm
KW - Pediatrics
KW - Whole body MRI
KW - Whole body imaging
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U2 - 10.1186/s40644-017-0107-7
DO - 10.1186/s40644-017-0107-7
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28187778
AN - SCOPUS:85012025552
SN - 1740-5025
VL - 17
JO - Cancer Imaging
JF - Cancer Imaging
IS - 1
M1 - 6
ER -