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Molecular imaging is rapidly gaining importance in biomedical research and clinical diagnostics. In cancer patients, biochemical changes in cell metabolism occur before a tumor mass forms. It is now possible to study molecular kinetics with molecular tracers, that is, using “tracing” molecules that follow the same path as do the native molecules but to which a label detectable from outside the body has been added. This enables physicians to peer into the living body to identify disease, monitor progression, or treat medical conditions at a molecular level. Here, we learn how the term “molecular imaging” may optimize a new paradigm of tailored medicine, in which the individual patient, rather than the disease, is the focus.
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Mansi, L., Cuccurullo, V., Grassi, R. (2016). Diagnostic Imaging and Pathology. In: Sacerdoti, F., Giordano, A., Cavaliere, C. (eds) Advanced Imaging Techniques in Clinical Pathology. Current Clinical Pathology. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3469-0_7
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