TURKISH JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY
2020 , Vol 35 , Num 4
The Role of Radiology in Immunotherapy Response Evaluation
1İstanbul University, Oncology Institute, Radiology Section, Çapa, İstanbul-Turkey
DOI :
10.5505/tjo.2020.2294
Radiology plays a crucial role in the evaluation of therapy response in solid tumors. The two initial criteria,
which are the WHO and Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST), are insufficient
for the assessment of response to immunotherapy. Therefore, recently several immune response criteria,
such as immune-related response criteria (irRC), immune-related RECIST (irRECIST), immune
RECIST (iRECIST) and immune-modified RECIST (imRECIST), were proposed and applied in clinical
trials on immunotherapies. In this review manuscript, more recently defined specific response criteria
for immunotherapy, atypical patterns of response to immunotherapy and the imaging of immune-related
adverse effects will be presented and discussed.
Keywords :
Immunotherapy; immunotherapy management; immunotherapy response; immunotherapy treatment; role of radiology