RT Book, Section A1 Welch, Mattea L. A1 Jaffray, David A. A2 Harrington, Lea A. A2 Tannock, Ian F. A2 Hill, Richard P. A2 Cescon, David W. SR Print(0) ID 1179324881 T1 Imaging in Oncology T2 The Basic Science of Oncology, 6e YR 2021 FD 2021 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259862076 LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1179324881 RD 2024/03/28 AB The need to detect and characterize cancer in an individual has resulted in a dramatic increase in the use of imaging. Clinical imaging is a routine part of diagnosis, staging, guiding localized therapy, and assessing response to treatment. Cancers occur anatomically among surrounding normal tissues, including critical structures, such as major organs, vessels, and nerves, and delineation of the extent of malignant and nonmalignant tissues is essential for planning surgery and radiation therapy. Cancers also have morphologic, physiologic, and biochemical heterogeneity (see Chap. 13), which is important in understanding their biology and potential response to treatment. The ability to explore and define this heterogeneity with modern imaging methods, as well as serum and tissue-derived metrics, will enable more precise cancer treatments.