%0 Journal Article %T Preface to 2017 focused issue: Translational Imaging in Cancer Patient Care %A Y¨¬-Xi¨¢ng J. W¨¢ng Yong Wang %J SCIE-indexed Journal %D 2017 %R 10.21037/17843 %X Medical imaging is involved in almost every aspect of clinical care for cancer patients, ranging from early detection and grading of cancers, risk assessment, therapeutic monitoring, as well as image-guided treatment. The importance of objective, reproducible, and quantifiable imaging is particularly motivated by the growing need for individualized precision medicine (1,2) %U http://tcr.amegroups.com/article/view/17843/html