Immunotherapy is an anti-tumor response based on the autoimmune system and has changed the treatment landscape of many cancers. However
the mechanism of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) is complex
and delayed response
pseudo-progression
hyper-progression
and even immune-related adverse events often occur in tumor patients. Although the new version of immune response evaluation criteria in solid tumor (iRECIST) is applied to tumor immunotherapy
the traditional i
mage-based solid tumor efficacy evaluation criteria have some limitations and evaluation blind spots.
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F-FDG positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) has a potential role in assessing treatment response and predicting prognosis. New radiopharmaceuticals such as targeting immune checkpoints such as programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) and CD8
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T cell imaging also provide a unique opportunity to define the tumor immune microenvironment to better monitor immune efficacy in patients. This article reviewed current concepts of immunotherapy response assessment
current oncology applications and imaging needs of cancer immunotherapy. And the use of FDG PET/CT in immunotherapy surveillance and emerging non-FDG PET imaging radiometric tracers for cancer immunotherapy imaging were also discussed
aiming to describe future trends in molecular imaging in the field of immunotherapy.
Application and research progress of PET/CT in evaluation of immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer
18 F radiolabeling and MicroPET/CT evaluation of in vivo properties of 18 F-FEE as the derivative of erianin, an active component of anticancer traditional Chinese medicine
Advances in imaging technologies for cancer immunotherapy
Evaluation of prostate cancer across different treatment stages using 18F-FDG PET imaging
Advances in the development of TROP2-targeted nuclear medicine molecular imaging probes
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LI Linwei
YANG Jian
CHEN Yue
WANG Nian
ZHANG Fengsheng
ZHANG Yongping
SONG Shaoli
YANG Hong
Related Institution
Engineering Research Center of Molecular Imaging Probes
Center for Biomedical Imaging, Fudan University
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University
College of Chemistry and Materials Sciences, Shanghai Normal University
Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine