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ReviewNature reviews. Clinical oncology2024

Multiparametric MRI for characterization of the tumour microenvironment.

Emily Hoffmann, Max Masthoff, Wolfgang G Kunz, Max Seidensticker, Stefanie Bobe, Mirjam Gerwing, Wolfgang E Berdel, Christoph Schliemann, Cornelius Faber, Moritz Wildgruber

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Review in Nature reviews. Clinical oncology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06999174 (Multiparametric MRI for Optimized Imaging-based Characterization and Therapy Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma), which is not on this map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06999174 recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Multiparametric MRI for Optimized Imaging-based Characterization and Therapy Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

TypeobservationalSponsorUniversity Hospital MuensterRan2025 to 2028Enrolled128ConditionsHepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)ArmsMultiparametric MRI
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Emily Hoffmann *Clinic of Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0958-6699
Max Masthoff *Clinic of Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Wolfgang G KunzDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Max SeidenstickerDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Stefanie BobeGerhard Domagk Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
Mirjam GerwingClinic of Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Wolfgang E BerdelDepartment of Medicine A, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3030-6567
Christoph SchliemannDepartment of Medicine A, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1755-9583
Cornelius FaberClinic of Radiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Moritz WildgruberDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany. Moritz.Wildgruber@med.uni-muenchen.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7228-6963

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our understanding of tumour biology has evolved over the past decades and cancer is now viewed as a complex ecosystem with interactions between various cellular and non-cellular components within the tumour microenvironment (TME) at multiple scales. However, morphological imaging remains the mainstay of tumour staging and assessment of response to therapy, and the characterization of the TME with non-invasive imaging has not yet entered routine clinical practice. By combining multiple MRI sequences, each providing different but complementary information about the TME, multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) enables non-invasive assessment of molecular and cellular features within the TME, including their spatial and temporal heterogeneity. With an increasing number of advanced MRI techniques bridging the gap between preclinical and clinical applications, mpMRI could ultimately guide the selection of treatment approaches, precisely tailored to each individual patient, tumour and therapeutic modality. In this Review, we describe the evolving role of mpMRI in the non-invasive characterization of the TME, outline its applications for cancer detection, staging and assessment of response to therapy, and discuss considerations and challenges for its use in future medical applications, including personalized integrated diagnostics.

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Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance ImagingNeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentHumans

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