Open AccessImaging biomarkers for the treatment of esophageal cancer
Author(s) -
Koichi Hayano,
Gaku Ohira,
Atsushi Hirata,
Tomoyoshi Aoyagi,
Shunsuke Imanishi,
Toru Tochigi,
Toshiharu Hanaoka,
Kiyohiko Shuto,
Hisahiro Matsubara
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v25.i24.3021
Subject(s) - esophageal cancer , medicine , biomarker , cancer , personalized medicine , precision medicine , biomarker discovery , imaging biomarker , cancer treatment , medical imaging , oncology , bioinformatics , radiology , pathology , magnetic resonance imaging , proteomics , biology , biochemistry , gene
Esophageal cancer is known as one of the malignant cancers with poor prognosis. To improve the outcome, combined multimodality treatment is attempted. On the other hand, advances in genomics and other "omic" technologies are paving way to the patient-oriented treatment called "personalized" or "precision" medicine. Recent advancements of imaging techniques such as functional imaging make it possible to use imaging features as biomarker for diagnosis, treatment response, and prognosis in cancer treatment. In this review, we will discuss how we can use imaging derived tumor features as biomarker for the treatment of esophageal cancer.