Whole-body MRI in pediatric patients with cancer

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Date
2017Author
Guimaraes, Marcos Duarte
Noschang, Julia
Teixeira, Sara Reis
Santos, Marcel Koenigkam
Lederman, Henrique Manoel [UNIFESP]
Tostes, Vivian [UNIFESP]
Kundra, Vikas
Oliveira, Alex Dias
Hochhegger, Bruno
Marchiori, Edson
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ArtigoISSN
1470-7330Is part of
Cancer ImagingDOI
10.1186/s40644-017-0107-7Metadata
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Cancer is the leading cause of natural death in the pediatric populations of developed countries, yet cure rates are greater than 70% when a cancer is diagnosed in its early stages. Recent advances in magnetic resonance imaging methods have markedly improved diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, while avoiding the risks of ionizing radiation that are associated with most conventional radiological methods, such as computed tomography and positron emission tomography/computed tomography. The advent of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging in association with the development of metabolic- and function-based techniques has led to the use of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging for the screening, diagnosis, staging, response assessment, and post-therapeutic follow-up of children with solid sporadic tumours or those with related genetic syndromes. Here, the advantages, techniques, indications, and limitations of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging in the management of pediatric oncology patients are presented.
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Cancer Imaging. London, v. 17, p. -, 2017.Collections
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