JTM | Full text | Molecular magnetic resonance imaging in cancer

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Conclusions

Molecular MR imaging is well suited to measure molecular and cellular processes including metabolism, apoptosis, cell proliferation and biosynthetic pathways of different metabolites in vivo in cancer. Molecular imaging can play an important role in every aspect of oncology practice, including early disease detection, diagnosis, staging, personalized treatment, and treatment monitoring. Prostate, ovarian and lung cancer are just a few of the many types of cancer in which molecular imaging truly changed the direction and outcome of the patient care. The ability of molecular imaging to detect abnormalities very early in the progression of disease has the potential to change medicine from reactive to proactive, detecting and curing disease in its most treatable phase and saving countless lives. In medical setup, molecular MRI will pave the way toward a significant improvement in early detection of disease, therapy planning and monitoring the therapeutic outcomes.