Personalization of breast cancer chemotherapy using noninvasive imaging methods to detect tumor cell death responses (2013)

Breast Cancer ManagementVol. 3, No. 1 CommentaryPersonalization of breast cancer chemotherapy using noninvasive imaging methods to detect tumor cell death responsesLakshmanan Sannachi, Hadi Tadayyon, Ali Sadeghi-Naini, Michael C Kolios & Gregory CzarnotaLakshmanan SannachiDepartment of Radiation Oncology & Physical Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre & Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, CanadaDepartments of Radiation Oncology & Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Hadi TadayyonDepartment of Radiation Oncology & Physical Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre & Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, CanadaDepartments of Radiation Oncology & Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Ali Sadeghi-NainiDepartment of Radiation Oncology & Physical Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre & Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, CanadaDepartments of Radiation Oncology & Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Michael C KoliosDepartment of Physics, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada & Gregory Czarnota* Author for correspondenceDepartment of Radiation Oncology & Physical Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre & Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada. Departments of Radiation Oncology & Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaPublished Online:11 Dec 2013https://doi.org/10.2217/bmt.13.58AboutSectionsView ArticleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInReddit View articleReferences1 Feleppa EJ, Liu T, Kalisz A et al. Ultrasonic spectral-parameter imaging of the prostate. Int. J. Imag. Syst. Techn.8(1),11–25 (1997).Crossref, Google Scholar2 Yang M, Krueger TM, Miller JG, Holland MR. Characterization of anisotropic myocardial backscatter using spectral slope, intercept and midband fit parameters. Ultrason. Imaging29(2),122–134 (2007).Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar3 Guimond A, Teletin M, Garo E et al. Quantitative ultrasonic tissue characterization as a new tool for continuous monitoring of chronic liver remodelling in mice. 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The research here was supported by grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to both G Czarnota and MC Kolios, and infrastructure grants from the Canadian Foundation of Innovation, Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation and Ryerson University. MC Kolios and G Czarnota are authors on two issued patents 'Use of high frequency ultrasound imaging to detect and monitor the process of apoptosis in living tissues, ex vivo tissues and cell-culture' US patent #6511430 and 'Methods of monitoring cellular death using low frequency ultrasound' US patent #8192362 held by the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Toronto, ON, Canada). A Sadeghi-Naini holds a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship, and held a Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship during the conduct of this research. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.PDF download