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SUMMARY:Imaging Cancer - Dr Kevin Brindle\, Cancer Research Institute/Dept
 . Biochemistry\, University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Dr Nigel Bennee
DESCRIPTION:Patients with similar tumour types can have markedly different
  responses to the same therapy.  The development of new treatments would b
 enefit significantly from the introduction of imaging methods that allow a
 n early assessment of treatment response in individual patients\, allowing
  rapid selection of the most effective treatment.  \n\nWe have been develo
 ping non-invasive and clinically applicable magnetic resonance-based metho
 ds for detecting the early responses of tumours to therapy.  Primarily\, t
 hese are methods for detecting tumour cell death\; the level of tumour cel
 l death following drug treatment is a good predictive indicator for treatm
 ent outcome.  By monitoring tumour cell death we may get an indication of 
 whether a particular drug is working very early during treatment\, possibl
 y within 24-48 hours\, and long before there is any evidence of tumour shr
 inkage \n
LOCATION:Wolfson Lecture Theatre\, Churchill College\, Storey's Way\, Camb
 ridge
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