Imaging Cancer Metabolism
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Causes, Screening and Diagnosis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 August 2022) | Viewed by 30467
Special Issue Editor
Interests: MRI; CEST-MRI; cancer imaging; tumor acidosis; tumor microenvironment; tumor vascularization; responsive probes; molecular imaging; multimodality imaging; treatment response
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Dysregulated tumor metabolism, following hypoxia and poor perfusion, is a recognized hallmark of cancer. Beyond that, upregulated glycolysis, amino acid and lipid metabolism undergo similar reprogramming, providing additional opportunities not only for early detection and diagnosis, but also for targeted therapies that modify cancer metabolism.
Noninvasive imaging methods are ideal approaches for detecting early alterations in tumor metabolism and microenvironment, providing detailed descriptions of the complex relationships that characterize cancer metabolic pathways. Moreover, the capability of imaging techniques to detect metabolic changes upon treatment can be exploited for monitoring (early) response to therapies.
This Special Issue aims to cover the most advanced imaging techniques that can provide new insights into cancer biology and metabolism. We welcome submissions from the diverse field of imaging, such as PET, MRI (including chemical exchange saturation transfer – CEST MRI and hyperpolarized MR), MRS, Optical Imaging, Photoacoustic Imaging, and Electron Paramagnetic Imaging. We focus on advances in technologies/methods and in development of new dedicated tracers/radioligands or contrast agents that can assess metabolic pathways or metabolites and related alterations (tumor acidosis/pH imaging). In addition, researchers in the field are invited to contribute their recent findings in both the detection and imaging of metabolic substrates and in monitoring response to therapy, covering preclinical and clinical studies.
Dr. Dario Livio Longo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Cancer imaging
- Imaging tumor metabolism
- Imaging tumor acidosis
- Imaging response to therapy
- Multi-modality tumor imaging
- Molecular Imaging
- Responsive probes for cancer imaging
- Preclinical and clinical cancer imaging
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