Theranostic Probes for Cancer Imaging

• Published in: Contrast media and molecular imaging Vol. 2017; pp. 1863803 - 2
• Main Authors: Wang, Fu, Zhu, Lei, Yang, Kai, Park, Dongkyoo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Hindawi 01-01-2017; Hindawi Limited
• Subjects: Animals; Automation; Cancer; Cancer therapies; Chemotherapy; Computed tomography; Diagnostic Imaging - methods; Diagnostic systems; Fluorescence; Gene therapy; Humans; Hyperthermia; Imaging techniques; Infrared imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical imaging; Medical research; Molecular Probes - therapeutic use; Nanotechnology; Near infrared radiation; Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Neoplasms - metabolism; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Photon emission; Positron emission; Precision medicine; Theranostic Nanomedicine - methods; Tomography; Wang, Lei
• ISSN: 1555-4309; 1555-4317
• DOI: 10.1155/2017/1863803

More specifically, therapeutic strategies including photodynamics, chemotherapy, gene therapy, hyperthermia, and radiation are integrated with one or more diagnostic imaging techniques such as computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), position emission tomography (PET), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging, and ultrasonography to develop molecular diagnostic tests and targeted therapeutics in clinics, resulting in the advance of personalized medicine. [...]these cutting-edge technologies allow us to simultaneously diagnose, image, and treat cancer and monitor the response of cancer treatment. In summary, the six papers for this special issue containing 2 review articles and 4 original research reports, which were selected after peer-review by the guest editors Fu Wang, Lei Zhu, Kai Wang, and Dongkyoo Park, illustrate the broad scope of achievements and contributions of theranostics in the field of cancer research although all aspects of theranostics cannot be covered in one special issue. Acknowledgments We thank all the authors for their manuscripts and outstanding support for this special issue on therapeutic probes for cancer imaging, which will unquestionably benefit scientists and graduate students studying the cancer theranostics in the field of nanotechnology as well as molecular medicine.