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Abstract #3047

Assessment of Response to Therapy by DCE-MRI & DWI MRI in Primary Liver Cancers

David H. Gultekin1, Lawrence H. Schwartz2, Nancy E. Kemeny3, Mithat Gonen4, Michael I. D'Angelica5, Peter J. Allen5, Yuman Fong5, Leslie H. Blumgart5, Ronald P. Dematteo5, William R. Jarnagin5

1Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States; 2Radiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, United States; 3Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States; 4Epidemiology-Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States; 5Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States


The role of DCE-MRI and DWI-MRI have been evaluated in a Phase II study for the assessment of response to therapy in patients with unresectable primary liver cancers, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC), undergoing regional combination chemotherapy and anti-angiogenic therapy through continuous hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) treatment procedure.

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