Main description:

This book, co-authored by an internationally acclaimed team of experts in the field of pediatric oncologic imaging, provides a comprehensive update on new advances in diagnostic imaging as they relate to pediatric oncology. In contrast to other oncologic imaging texts focusing on the radiology of specific tumors, this book emphasizes the important fundamentals of imaging that every child with a new or treated malignancy receives. Guidance is provided on the selection and use of appropriate imaging techniques, with individual chapters devoted to each of the major cross-sectional imaging modalities used in the detection and follow-up of pediatric cancers, including PET-CT, PET-MRI, whole-body MRI, and diffusion-weighted MRI. Additional nuclear medicine techniques are addressed, and detailed attention is paid to more advanced areas of practice such as contrast-enhanced ultrasound, pediatric interventional radiology techniques, radiation treatment planning, and radiation dose considerations (ALARA). Other areas covered include screening of children with cancer predisposition syndromes, treatment related complications, potential pitfalls during neuro-oncologic imaging, and the risks and benefits inherent in post-therapy surveillance imaging.

Contents:

1. Imaging in Pediatric Oncology: New Advances and TechniquesDaniel Morgenstern, Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, Mark Gaze, 2. Imaging in Paediatric Oncology - pitfalls, acceptable and unacceptable imagingJoy Barber, Kieran McHugh3. PET/CT in Pediatric OncologyLisa States, Stephan Voss4. PET/MRISergios Gatidis, Jurgen Schafer5. SPECT/CT in Pediatric OncologyHelen Nadel, Lorenzo Biassoni 6. Functional MRI: DWI and DCE-MRIGovind Chavhan, Paul Humphries7. Whole Body MRI in Pediatric OncologyRutger Jan Nievelstein, Annemieke Littooij8. Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound: The Current StateM Beth McCarville, Annamaria Deganello, Zoltan Harkanyi9. Tumor Response Assessment: RECIST and BeyondKieran McHugh, Simon Kao10. Neuro-oncology: Assessing Response in Pediatric Brain TumorsFelice D'Arco, Kshitij Mankad, Marvin Nelson Benita Tamrazi 11. Complications of TherapyEline Deurloo, Anne Smets12. Non-neurologic Late Effects of TherapySue Kaste, Anurag Arora13. Complications and Pitfalls in Neuro-oncology ImagingStavros Stivaros, John-Paul Kilday, Bruno P. Soares, Thierry A.G.M. Huisman14. Radioisotope Therapies - Iodine-131,I- 131-MIBG, and BeyondNeha Kwatra, Marguerite Parisi, Barry Shulkin 15. Interventional Radiology in Pediatric Oncology Derek Roebuck, John Racadio 16. Tumour Tissue SamplingSam Stuart, Prem Patel17. Radiation Treatment Planning in Pediatric OncologyNaomi Lavan, Henry Mandeville 18. Radiation Dose Considerations in Pediatric Oncologic ImagingKaren Thomas, Frederick Fahey 19. Pediatric Molecular ImagingBenjamic Franc, Heike Daldrup-Link 20. Imaging of Children with Cancer Predisposition Sudha Anupindi , Ethan Smith, Nancy Chauvin 21. Surveillance Imaging in Pediatric OncologyMartijn Verhagen, Kieran McHugh, Stephan Voss22. Perspectives and Future DirectionsStephan D. Voss and Kieran McHugh