Imaging in Tumor Immunology
10.1007/s13139-021-00706-6
- Author:
Euishin Edmund KIM
1
;
Hyewon YOUN
;
Keon Wook KANG
Author Information
1. Department of Radiological Sciences, UCI Medical Center, Orange County, CA, USA
- Publication Type:REVIEW
- From:Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2021;55(5):225-236
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Recent advances in immune modulation have made impressive progress in cancer immunotherapy. Because dynamic nature of the immune response often makes it difficult to evaluate therapeutic outcomes, innovative imaging technologies have been developed to enable non-invasive visualization of immune cells and tumors in their microenvironment. This review summarizes the current tumor immunology and describes new innovative imaging methods with great potential to obtain non-invasive real-time insights into the complex functions of the immune system and into the management of cancer immunotherapy.