Multimodal functional imaging for early response assessment in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

Mona-Elisabeth R Revheim Knut Håkon HoleTorgeir MoØyvind S BrulandEdmund ReitanLars JulsrudTherese Seierstad

Published in: Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) (2021)

MRI was superior to CECT for early assessment of TKI-treatment response in GIST. If the tumor was FDG-avid, PET and MRI were equally good. Changes in functional parameters were superior to changes in longest tumor diameter (mRECIST).

Keyphrases

magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
computed tomography
pet ct
positron emission tomography
high resolution
diffusion weighted imaging
tyrosine kinase
magnetic resonance
chronic pain
optical coherence tomography
fluorescence imaging