Main description:

Prominent physicians review past, current, and future applications of the many powerful imaging techniques now used in the diagnosis, staging, treatment, and outcomes assessment of cancers of the prostate, central nervous system (CNS), and breast. Topics range from the use of screening mammography and approaches to breast cancer detection using MRI to improved visualization of the prostate gland from transrectal ultrasound and MRI, to MRI-guided resection of neoplasms.

Contents:

Part I. Image-Guided Diagnosis

Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Biopsy
Tracy M. Downs, Gary D. Grossfeld, Katsuto Shinohara, and Peter R. Carroll

Magnetic Resonance-Guided Prostate Biopsy
Clare M. Tempany and Steven Haker

Image-Guided Needle Biopsy of Nonpalpable Breast Lesions
Darrell N. Smith

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and MRI-Guided Intervention in the Detection and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
Susan Greenstein Orel

Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Stereotactic Biopsy in the Central Nervous System
Ion-Florin Talos and Peter M. Black

Part II. Image-Guided Therapy

Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Brachytherapy
John Sylvester, John Blasko, and Peter Grimm

Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Interstitial Prostate Brachytherapy
Anthony V. D'Amico, Kristin Valentine, Ferenc Jolesz, Lynn Lopes, Sanjaya Kumar, Clare M. Tempany, and Robert Cormack

Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Neurosurgery
Hooman Azmi and Michael Schulder

Recent Advances in Cancer Imaging as Applied to Radiotherapy
C. Clifton Ling, John Humm, Hedvig Hricak, and Jason Koutcher

Part III. Innovations in Imaging

Sequential Magnetic Resonance and Response of Breast Cancer to Neoadjuvant Therapy
Gary J. Whitman, Revathy B. Iyer, Oren H. Lifshitz, and Aman U. Buzdar

Image-Guided Thermal Therapy for Prostate Cancer
Mark D. Hurwitz

Molecular Imaging of Cancer Using Fluorescent Probe Technology
Farouc A. Jaffer, Vasilis Ntziachristos, and Ralph Weissleder

Index