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Nature Reviews Cancer 4, 457-469 (June 2004) | doi:10.1038/nrc1368

The potential of positron-emission tomography to study anticancer-drug resistance

Catharine M. L West1, Terry Jones1 & Pat Price1  About the authors

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Positron-emission tomography (PET) is a powerful tool for imaging and quantifying cellular and molecular processes in humans. It has enormous potential to increase our understanding of the pathophysiology of human tumours and to support the development of anticancer drugs. The ability of PET to image mechanisms of anticancer-drug resistance in vivo should be exploited in proof-of-concept studies at early stages of drug development.

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  1. Academic Department of Radiation Oncology and Manchester Molecular Imaging Centre, University of Manchester, Christie NHS Trust Hospital, Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M20 4BX, United Kingdom.

Correspondence to: Catharine M. L West1 Email: west@man.ac.uk

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