Background Checkpoint inhibition has radically improved the perspective for patients with
metastatic cancer, but predicting who will not respond with high certainty remains difficult …

Immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors has prompted a major change not only in cancer
treatment but also in medical imaging. In parallel with the implementation of new drugs …

Immunotherapy is based on manipulation of the immune system in order to act against
tumour cells, with growing evidence especially in melanoma patients. The challenges faced …

Background: Red blood cells (RBC) scintigraphy can be used not only for detection of
bleeding sites, but also of spleen tissue. However, there is no established quantitative …

Unique patterns of response to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy, discernable in the
earliest clinical trials, demanded a reconsideration of the standard methods of radiological …

Background Checkpoint inhibitors have drastically improved the therapy of patients with
advanced melanoma. 18F-FDG-PET/CT parameters might act as biomarkers for response …

Metabolic reprogramming is recognized as one of the hallmarks of cancer. Alterations in the
micro-environmental metabolic characteristics are recognized as important means for …

To promote their own proliferation and survival, cancer cells are known to escape immune
surveillance and suppress the immune response. 1, 2 Although the processes by which …

Background This study aims to assess the association between positron emission
tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) parameters and the response to immune …

We report a case of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)–producing gallbladder
cancer in a 64-year-old man. Contrast-enhanced CT showed an exophytic hypoattenuation …