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Imaging and Cancer: Research Strategy of the American College of Radiology Imaging Network¹

¹ From the Departments of Radiology of the University of California, Los Angeles (D.R.A.); Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (C.C.); the Brown Center for Statistical Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI (C.G.); University of Virginia Health System, PO Box 800170, Charlottesville, VA 22908 (B.J.H.); Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minn (C.D.J.); Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn (B.L.M.); Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa (D.G.M.); University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC (E.D.P.); University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa (M.D.S.); and Harvard University School of Medicine, Cambridge, Mass (A.G.S.). Received October 13, 2004; accepted October 27. Address correspondence to B.J.H. (e-mail: bjh8a@virginia.edu).

The American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) is a cooperative group funded by the National Cancer Institute and dedicated to developing and conducting clinical trials of diagnostic imaging and image-guided treatment technologies. ACRIN's six disease site committees are responsible for developing scientific strategies and resultant trials within the framework of ACRIN's five key hypotheses: (a) Screening and early detection with imaging can reduce cancer-specific mortality. (b) Less invasive image-guided therapeutic methods can reduce the mortality and morbidity associated with treating cancer. (c) Molecular-based physiologic and functional imaging can improve the diagnosis and staging of cancer, thus improving treatment. (d) Functional imaging can portray the effectiveness of treatment earlier and more accurately, thus reducing mortality and improving the likelihood of a cure. (e) Informatics and other "smart systems" can improve the evaluation of patients with cancer, thus leading to better and more effective treatments. This article details ACRIN's research strategy according to disease site through the year 2007.

© RSNA, 2005

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