In vivo¹H MRS in the assessment of the therapeutic response of breast cancer patients

MRI and in vivo MRS have rapidly evolved as sensitive tools for diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring in cancer research. In vivo MRS provides information on tumor metabolism, which is clinically valuable in the diagnosis and assessment of tumor response to therapy for the management of women with breast diseases. Several centers complement breast MRI studies with (1)H MRS to improve the specificity of diagnosis. Malignant breast tissues show...