Download or read book Image-Guided Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer written by Anthony V. D’Amico and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003-07-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prominent physicians review past, current, and future applications of the many powerful imaging techniques now used in the diagnosis, staging, treatment, and outcomes assessment of cancers of the prostate, central nervous system (CNS), and breast. Topics range from the use of screening mammography and approaches to breast cancer detection using MRI to improved visualization of the prostate gland from transrectal ultrasound and MRI, to MRI-guided resection of neoplasms.