Imaging and cancer - part III.

摘要

We have previously published two parts of this mini series on imagery techniques; this is now the third and final part. Recent developments in imagery techniques provide important progress in cancer diagnostic and treatment. Today, at least in oncology, images can give so much information that diagnoses are subject to less incertainty and clues are also given to optimize treatment. In Part I of the mini series (Crit. Rev. Oncol./Hematol. 2008;68:37-90), Alyona Sukhanova and Igor Nabiev reviewed developments in the field of synthesis, functionali-sation and bioconjugation of fluorescent nanocrystal-tagged polymeric microbeads and their applications to imaging, ultrasensitive detection and cancer diagnostics.