Proton MR spectroscopy for monitoring early treatment response of breast cancer to neo-adjuvant chemotherapy

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1022-1024

  Baek, H M ^a   Chen, J H ^a,b   Nalcioglu, O ^a   Su, M Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; GADODIAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CHOLINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTONS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 43049094440     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdn121     Document Type: Letter

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