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This chapter reviews the essential imaging principles of oncologic emergencies, with examples from the range of organ systems, including the neurologic, thoracic, abdominopelvic, and musculoskeletal systems. As space-occupying lesions, malignant tumors can cause external mass effect on critical organs, directly invade adjacent organs, and compromise vascular structures or lymphatic drainage pathways. Tumors may spontaneously hemorrhage, potentially resulting in critical blood loss. Malignancies can give rise to paraneoplastic syndromes, a subset of which is diagnosable by imaging. Optimal imaging strategies used in the evaluation of acute oncology patients will be discussed. Treatment-related emergencies, as well as the use of interventional radiology in acute treatment, will be briefly covered.

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    Jihoon Lim, Keith D. Herr & Tarek N. Hanna

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  1. Former Professor and Founding Chair (Retired), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

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  2. Professor and Chair, Department of Radiation Medicine, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA

    Charles R. Thomas, Jr.

  3. Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Kumar Alagappan

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Lim, J., Herr, K.D., Hanna, T.N. (2021). Radiology. In: Todd, K.H., Thomas, Jr., C.R., Alagappan, K. (eds) Oncologic Emergency Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67123-5_46

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